AIZ vs. HIG, L, AFG, KMPR, GNW, HMN, AIG, BNRE, IGIC, and BAMR
Should you be buying Assurant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assurant include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), International General Insurance (IGIC), and Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners (BAMR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Assurant vs.
The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Assurant pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assurant pays out 22.8% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. The Hartford Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, The Hartford Financial Services Group had 2 more articles in the media than Assurant. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group and 13 mentions for Assurant. Assurant's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Assurant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Assurant. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assurant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hartford Financial Services Group received 367 more outperform votes than Assurant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Assurant an outperform vote.
93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Assurant shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Assurant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assurant has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hartford Financial Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $122.28, indicating a potential upside of 9.22%. Assurant has a consensus target price of $229.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.57%. Given The Hartford Financial Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hartford Financial Services Group is more favorable than Assurant.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.62% compared to Assurant's net margin of 6.31%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 20.35% beat Assurant's return on equity.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats Assurant on 19 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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