Allstate (ALL) Competitors

Allstate (NYSE:ALL) and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Is ALL or PGR more profitable?

Progressive has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Allstate's net margin of 7.28%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.79% beat Allstate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allstate	7.28%	28.20%	4.58%
Progressive	11.25%	33.79%	8.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ALL or PGR?

76.5% of Allstate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Allstate shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by 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.

Is ALL or PGR a better dividend stock?

Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Allstate pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 2.8% 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. Allstate has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Allstate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ALL or PGR?

Allstate has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ALL or PGR?

In the previous week, Progressive had 33 more articles in the media than Allstate. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Progressive and 29 mentions for Allstate. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Allstate's score of 0.62 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allstate	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Progressive	47 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALL or PGR?

Allstate received 396 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allstate	Outperform Votes 997 70.41%	Underperform Votes 419 29.59%
Progressive	Outperform Votes 601 54.49%	Underperform Votes 502 45.51%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ALL or PGR?

Progressive has higher revenue and earnings than Allstate. Allstate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allstate	$64.11B	0.77	$4.67B	$16.99	10.92
Progressive	$75.37B	2.07	$8.48B	$14.40	18.47

Do analysts rate ALL or PGR?

Allstate presently has a consensus price target of $217.94, suggesting a potential upside of 17.48%. Progressive has a consensus price target of $276.12, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Allstate's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Allstate is more favorable than Progressive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allstate	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Progressive	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Allstate and Progressive tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.