PGR vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, and ORI
Should you be buying Progressive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progressive include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), and Old Republic International (ORI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Progressive vs.
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Progressive received 21 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.63% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Progressive has higher revenue and earnings than Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Progressive has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.79% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 2.7% 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 21 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Travelers Companies currently has a consensus target price of $267.32, indicating a potential upside of 3.11%. Progressive has a consensus target price of $285.76, indicating a potential upside of 7.80%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Progressive is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
In the previous week, Progressive had 11 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Progressive and 59 mentions for Travelers Companies. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.87 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PGR) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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