Fidelis Insurance (FIHL) Competitors

Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and Fidelis Insurance (NYSE:FIHL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VOYA or FIHL?

96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Fidelis Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VOYA or FIHL more profitable?

Fidelis Insurance has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Fidelis Insurance's return on equity of 15.27% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%
Fidelis Insurance	20.17%	15.27%	3.36%

Is VOYA or FIHL a better dividend stock?

Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Fidelis Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Voya Financial pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelis Insurance pays out 42.6% 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. Voya Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VOYA or FIHL?

Fidelis Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Voya Financial. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelis Insurance, 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
Voya Financial	$7.89B	0.84	$667M	$6.12	11.40
Fidelis Insurance	$2.42B	0.74	$2.13B	$0.94	17.03

Does the media prefer VOYA or FIHL?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Fidelis Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Voya Financial and 4 mentions for Fidelis Insurance. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Fidelis Insurance's score of 0.46 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Voya Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelis Insurance	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate VOYA or FIHL?

Voya Financial currently has a consensus target price of $83.55, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Fidelis Insurance has a consensus target price of $20.57, suggesting a potential upside of 28.49%. Given Fidelis Insurance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelis Insurance is more favorable than Voya Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Voya Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Fidelis Insurance	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VOYA or FIHL?

Voya Financial received 593 more outperform votes than Fidelis Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.73% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 52.63% of users gave Fidelis Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 613 67.73%	Underperform Votes 292 32.27%
Fidelis Insurance	Outperform Votes 20 52.63%	Underperform Votes 18 47.37%

Which has more risk and volatility, VOYA or FIHL?

Voya Financial has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelis Insurance has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Voya Financial beats Fidelis Insurance on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.