Allstate (ALL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PGR or ALL?

85.3% of Progressive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Progressive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Allstate shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PGR or ALL a better dividend stock?

Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Allstate pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Progressive pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allstate pays out 23.5% 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 15 consecutive years. Allstate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate PGR or ALL?

Progressive presently has a consensus target price of $281.06, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Allstate has a consensus target price of $217.94, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Given Allstate's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allstate is more favorable than Progressive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Progressive	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Allstate	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the media refer more to PGR or ALL?

In the previous week, Progressive had 29 more articles in the media than Allstate. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Progressive and 43 mentions for Allstate. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Allstate's score of 0.80 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Progressive	44 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allstate	31 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PGR or ALL 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
Progressive	11.25%	33.79%	8.21%
Allstate	7.28%	28.20%	4.58%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PGR or ALL?

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
Progressive	$75.34B	2.13	$8.48B	$14.40	19.01
Allstate	$64.12B	0.86	$4.67B	$16.99	12.22

Which has more risk & volatility, PGR or ALL?

Progressive has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allstate has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGR or ALL?

Allstate received 390 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Progressive	Outperform Votes 608 54.63%	Underperform Votes 505 45.37%
Allstate	Outperform Votes 998 70.43%	Underperform Votes 419 29.57%

Summary

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