FNF vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, ERIE, WRB, CINF, CNA, ORI, and RLI
Should you be buying Fidelity National Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Financial include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and RLI (RLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies received 156 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.58% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 6.55%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 14.24% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% 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.
81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 19 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Travelers Companies and 2 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.51 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus target price of $55.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $222.65, indicating a potential upside of 4.54%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
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.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Fidelity National Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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