EIG vs. AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, SAFT, AMSF, PRA, UFCS, and UVE
Should you be buying Employers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Employers include Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Employers vs.
Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and Employers (NYSE:EIG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Assured Guaranty currently has a consensus price target of $103.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.03%. Employers has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.44%. Given Employers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Employers is more favorable than Assured Guaranty.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to Employers' net margin of 15.27%. Assured Guaranty's return on equity of 11.58% beat Employers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Employers had 6 more articles in the media than Assured Guaranty. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Employers and 6 mentions for Assured Guaranty. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Employers' score of 0.65 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Assured Guaranty received 115 more outperform votes than Employers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave Employers an outperform vote.
92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Employers shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Employers 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.
Assured Guaranty has higher revenue and earnings than Employers. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Employers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Assured Guaranty pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Employers pays out 22.5% 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.
Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Employers has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats Employers on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EIG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
