AIG vs. HIG, L, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, CINF, EG, CB, and PGR
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), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Everest Group (EG), Chubb (CB), and Progressive (PGR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to American International Group's net margin of 9.98%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat American International Group's return on equity.
American International Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.06, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $105.88, indicating a potential upside of 6.15%. Given The Hartford Financial Services Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hartford Financial Services Group is more favorable than American International Group.
American International Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American International Group had 2 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for American International Group and 6 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat American International Group's score of 0.57 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. American International Group pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American International Group received 211 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.77% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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