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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	1.41	$2.99B	$19.50	13.19
Fidelity National Financial	$11.75B	1.40	$517M	$2.75	21.85

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 1.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Travelers Companies pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 69.8% 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 raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Fidelity National Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

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%

Do insiders & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies received 160 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.25% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 577 52.98%	Underperform Votes 512 47.02%
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 417 64.25%	Underperform Votes 232 35.75%

Do analysts prefer TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies currently has a consensus price target of $247.90, suggesting a potential downside of 3.59%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus price target of $63.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	13 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media refer more to TRV or FNF?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 17 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Travelers Companies and 7 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Travelers Companies' score of 1.17 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	20 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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