Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Competitors

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FNF or TRV?

81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FNF or TRV?

Travelers Companies received 168 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.02% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 52.88% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 420 64.02%	Underperform Votes 236 35.98%
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 588 52.88%	Underperform Votes 524 47.12%

Do analysts recommend FNF or TRV?

Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus price target of $70.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.83%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $260.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.19%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Travelers Companies	4 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the media prefer FNF or TRV?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 22 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Travelers Companies and 12 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 1.27 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Travelers Companies	29 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FNF or TRV?

Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FNF or TRV a better dividend stock?

Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 19.6% 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. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Is FNF or TRV more profitable?

Travelers Companies has a net margin of 10.77% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 9.28%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 19.06% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Financial	9.28%	15.36%	1.42%
Travelers Companies	10.77%	19.06%	3.83%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FNF or TRV?

Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Financial. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Financial, 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
Fidelity National Financial	$13.36B	1.34	$517M	$4.65	14.04
Travelers Companies	$46.43B	1.27	$5.00B	$21.47	12.09

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Fidelity National Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.