ORI vs. AGO, ESNT, MTG, RDN, NMIH, FHN, AIZ, FRT, KNSL, and SEIC
Should you be buying Old Republic International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Republic International include Assured Guaranty (AGO), Essent Group (ESNT), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), NMI (NMIH), First Horizon (FHN), Assurant (AIZ), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and SEI Investments (SEIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) and Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Old Republic International currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.93%. Assured Guaranty has a consensus target price of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.43%. Given Assured Guaranty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Assured Guaranty is more favorable than Old Republic International.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 57.45% compared to Old Republic International's net margin of 9.52%. Assured Guaranty's return on equity of 12.48% beat Old Republic International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 1 more articles in the media than Old Republic International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 2 mentions for Old Republic International. Old Republic International's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Assured Guaranty's score of 0.25 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Assured Guaranty received 157 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote.
70.9% of Old Republic International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Old Republic International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held 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.
Assured Guaranty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Old Republic International. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Republic International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Republic International pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Old Republic International pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assured Guaranty pays out 9.6% 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.
Old Republic International has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats Old Republic International on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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