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 (NYSE:AIZ) and The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
92.7% of Assurant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Assurant shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to Assurant's net margin of 6.73%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat Assurant's return on equity.
Assurant currently has a consensus price target of $200.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.44%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $105.88, indicating a potential upside of 2.36%. Given Assurant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Assurant is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.
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 364 more outperform votes than Assurant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.77% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Assurant an outperform vote.
Assurant has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Assurant pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Assurant pays out 20.1% 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.
In the previous week, Assurant had 1 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Assurant and 5 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Assurant's score of 0.51 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats Assurant on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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