Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Competitors

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

Is TRV or FNF a better dividend stock?

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Travelers Companies pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 72.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies received 166 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.11% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 52.95% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 584 52.95%	Underperform Votes 519 47.05%
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 418 64.11%	Underperform Votes 234 35.89%

Do analysts prefer TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies currently has a consensus target price of $254.65, suggesting a potential upside of 6.26%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus target price of $66.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.24%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelers Companies	4 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility and risk, TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, TRV or FNF?

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
Travelers Companies	$41.36B	1.32	$2.99B	$19.50	12.29
Fidelity National Financial	$11.75B	1.35	$517M	$2.75	21.14

Is TRV or FNF more profitable?

Travelers Companies has a net margin of 10.02% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 5.57%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 17.69% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelers Companies	10.02%	17.69%	3.50%
Fidelity National Financial	5.57%	13.72%	1.27%

Does the media refer more to TRV or FNF?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 16 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Travelers Companies and 6 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.84 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRV or FNF?

82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Fidelity National Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.