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Hilltop (HTH) Competitors

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$31.27 -0.42 (-1.33%)
(As of 11:57 AM ET)

HTH vs. RLI, AXS, FAF, SIGI, THG, WTM, AGO, MCY, STC, and EIG

Should you be buying Hilltop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilltop include RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Stewart Information Services (STC), and Employers (EIG). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Hilltop vs.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) and Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

RLI has a net margin of 23.77% compared to Hilltop's net margin of 6.65%. RLI's return on equity of 19.03% beat Hilltop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RLI23.77% 19.03% 5.46%
Hilltop 6.65%4.90%0.66%

RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. RLI pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilltop pays out 41.7% 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. RLI has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years.

RLI has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilltop has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hilltop had 5 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hilltop and 3 mentions for RLI. RLI's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Hilltop's score of 0.27 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RLI
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hilltop
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

RLI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilltop. RLI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilltop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RLI$1.51B5.27$304.61M$9.1019.12
Hilltop$1.57B1.30$109.65M$1.6319.31

RLI currently has a consensus target price of $177.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.97%. Hilltop has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Hilltop's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilltop is more favorable than RLI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RLI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Hilltop
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

RLI received 25 more outperform votes than Hilltop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.60% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RLIOutperform Votes
268
55.60%
Underperform Votes
214
44.40%
HilltopOutperform Votes
243
53.06%
Underperform Votes
215
46.94%

77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hilltop shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of RLI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of Hilltop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

RLI beats Hilltop on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HTH vs. The Competition

MetricHilltopState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.04B$3.05B$10.58B$20.43B
Dividend Yield2.15%3.42%10.25%3.44%
P/E Ratio19.3117.7545.1336.62
Price / Sales1.302.563,461.5619.07
Price / Cash15.9511.3830.8918.69
Price / Book0.951.362.965.73
Net Income$109.65M$405.80M$1.02B$983.96M
7 Day Performance-2.10%-0.29%0.33%0.64%
1 Month Performance2.64%10.33%5.61%6.62%
1 Year Performance2.31%33.50%24.61%24.56%

Hilltop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTH
Hilltop
4.749 of 5 stars
$31.27
-1.3%
$34.50
+10.3%
+3.0%$2.03B$1.57B19.183,820Short Interest ↓
RLI
RLI
4.5781 of 5 stars
$173.55
-1.3%
$177.40
+2.2%
+29.1%$7.95B$1.51B19.241,099Positive News
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.8616 of 5 stars
$94.11
+1.2%
$97.14
+3.2%
+64.0%$7.87B$5.64B12.902,048Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
FAF
First American Financial
4.2923 of 5 stars
$70.24
+0.1%
$72.50
+3.2%
+16.7%$7.24B$5.87B78.5219,210Positive News
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.4819 of 5 stars
$100.45
-1.6%
$101.67
+1.2%
-0.8%$6.11B$4.23B27.042,650Positive News
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
4.3222 of 5 stars
$163.02
-1.2%
$173.83
+6.6%
+29.8%$5.87B$5.99B16.094,800Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
3.1072 of 5 stars
$1,997.00
-0.6%
N/A+31.5%$5.13B$2.17B7.901,650Positive News
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.557 of 5 stars
$92.93
-0.4%
$103.33
+11.2%
+35.5%$4.73B$1.37B7.25410Positive News
MCY
Mercury General
4.0394 of 5 stars
$77.84
-1.4%
N/A+98.8%$4.31B$4.63B7.834,100Positive News
STC
Stewart Information Services
3.1513 of 5 stars
$76.33
+1.7%
$78.00
+2.2%
+59.3%$2.12B$2.41B35.426,800Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
EIG
Employers
2.0232 of 5 stars
$53.42
+0.1%
$58.00
+8.6%
+37.6%$1.32B$889.80M9.99717Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HTH) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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