Progressive (PGR) Competitors

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, PGR or TRV?

Progressive has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PGR or TRV a better dividend stock?

Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Progressive pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 31.2% 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.

Do analysts prefer PGR or TRV?

Progressive currently has a consensus price target of $214.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.70%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $222.65, suggesting a potential upside of 1.34%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Progressive is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Progressive	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
Travelers Companies	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21

Is PGR or TRV more profitable?

Progressive has a net margin of 8.89% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 7.32%. Progressive's return on equity of 29.43% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Progressive	8.89%	29.43%	6.26%
Travelers Companies	7.32%	13.94%	2.58%

Does the media refer more to PGR or TRV?

In the previous week, Progressive had 23 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Progressive and 13 mentions for Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Progressive's score of 0.66 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Progressive	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Travelers Companies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PGR or TRV?

85.3% of Progressive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Progressive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PGR or TRV?

Travelers Companies received 15 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 53.07% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Progressive	Outperform Votes 553 53.07%	Underperform Votes 489 46.93%
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 568 54.20%	Underperform Votes 480 45.80%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PGR or TRV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Progressive	$62.11B	1.97	$3.90B	$9.77	21.41
Travelers Companies	$42.90B	1.17	$2.99B	$13.46	16.32

Summary

Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.