Allstate (ALL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ALL or PGR?

Allstate presently has a consensus price target of $217.19, suggesting a potential upside of 12.21%. Progressive has a consensus price target of $273.81, suggesting a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Progressive's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Progressive is more favorable than Allstate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allstate	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Progressive	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Is ALL or PGR a better dividend stock?

Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Allstate pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 2.9% 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 increased 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 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ALL or PGR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALL or PGR?

Allstate received 401 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.45% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allstate	Outperform Votes 994 70.45%	Underperform Votes 417 29.55%
Progressive	Outperform Votes 593 54.30%	Underperform Votes 499 45.70%

Is ALL or PGR more profitable?

Progressive has a net margin of 11.27% compared to Allstate's net margin of 6.77%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.10% beat Allstate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allstate	6.77%	26.67%	4.18%
Progressive	11.27%	33.10%	7.90%

Does the media refer more to ALL or PGR?

In the previous week, Allstate and Allstate both had 15 articles in the media. Allstate's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Progressive's score of 0.57 indicating that Allstate is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allstate	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Progressive	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and 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	$62.43B	0.82	-$188M	$15.44	12.54
Progressive	$71.96B	1.95	$3.90B	$13.76	17.44

Summary

Allstate beats Progressive on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.