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American International Group (AIG) Competitors

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$82.45 +0.80 (+0.98%)
As of 04/24/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

AIG vs. HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, PGR, CB, and TRV

Should you be buying American International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American International Group include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American International Group vs.

American International Group (NYSE:AIG) and The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

The Hartford Financial Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American International Group. American International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hartford Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American International Group$27.27B1.80-$1.40B-$2.08-39.64
The Hartford Financial Services Group$26.38B1.30$3.11B$10.3511.49

American International Group received 212 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.24% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 64.55% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American International GroupOutperform Votes
883
64.55%
Underperform Votes
485
35.45%
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
671
66.24%
Underperform Votes
342
33.76%

American International Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American International Group presently has a consensus target price of $87.65, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $124.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
The Hartford Financial Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.72% compared to American International Group's net margin of -4.25%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 19.55% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American International Group-4.25% 8.01% 1.39%
The Hartford Financial Services Group 11.72%19.55%3.88%

In the previous week, American International Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for American International Group and 22 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat American International Group's score of 1.36 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American International Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Hartford Financial Services Group
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American International Group pays out -76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Hartford Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AIG vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican International GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$49.10B$48.74B$11.13B$18.87B
Dividend Yield1.98%2.39%5.92%4.15%
P/E Ratio-39.6411.5322.1032.40
Price / Sales1.805.8225.8328.58
Price / Cash6.9616.8117.6017.53
Price / Book1.212.312.634.44
Net Income-$1.40B$4.16B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.61%1.96%2.56%3.35%
1 Month Performance-1.75%-1.42%-2.05%-5.48%
1 Year Performance10.49%21.37%536.98%4.28%

American International Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIG
American International Group
4.6371 of 5 stars
$82.45
+1.0%
$87.65
+6.3%
+10.0%$49.10B$27.27B-39.6426,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.8219 of 5 stars
$114.33
-2.9%
$124.13
+8.6%
+19.1%$32.93B$26.38B11.0518,100Positive News
L
Loews
4.3633 of 5 stars
$83.34
-2.3%
$112.00
+34.4%
+12.3%$17.53B$17.24B13.0212,000Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.3256 of 5 stars
$125.49
-1.9%
$139.00
+10.8%
-0.6%$10.50B$8.28B11.876,900Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.7328 of 5 stars
$183.87
-2.7%
$234.17
+27.4%
+9.1%$9.35B$11.88B12.7113,700Positive News
KMPR
Kemper
4.6971 of 5 stars
$55.21
-2.6%
$81.60
+47.8%
-2.7%$3.53B$4.63B11.249,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
High Trading Volume
GNW
Genworth Financial
2.6377 of 5 stars
$6.39
-4.1%
N/A+12.8%$2.66B$7.14B9.402,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.6277 of 5 stars
$38.79
-2.9%
$43.67
+12.6%
+9.4%$1.59B$1.55B15.641,450Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
PGR
Progressive
4.3633 of 5 stars
$257.66
-2.9%
$285.76
+10.9%
+25.0%$151.05B$75.34B17.8955,100Analyst Revision
Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.8142 of 5 stars
$280.39
-1.8%
$307.21
+9.6%
+16.1%$112.35B$56.01B12.3434,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.6487 of 5 stars
$249.90
-2.3%
$267.32
+7.0%
+22.1%$56.66B$47.01B11.6432,500Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision

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