PRA vs. STC, HTH, EIG, SAFT, HCI, AMSF, UFCS, UVE, DGICA, and ITIC
Should you be buying ProAssurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProAssurance include Stewart Information Services (STC), Hilltop (HTH), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
ProAssurance vs.
ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) and Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
85.6% of ProAssurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of ProAssurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ProAssurance currently has a consensus price target of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.54%. Stewart Information Services has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. Given ProAssurance's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ProAssurance is more favorable than Stewart Information Services.
ProAssurance has a net margin of 3.71% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 2.47%. Stewart Information Services' return on equity of 5.77% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.
In the previous week, ProAssurance had 3 more articles in the media than Stewart Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ProAssurance and 3 mentions for Stewart Information Services. ProAssurance's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 0.39 indicating that ProAssurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stewart Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than ProAssurance. ProAssurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stewart Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ProAssurance received 63 more outperform votes than Stewart Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.47% of users gave ProAssurance an outperform vote while only 52.41% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.
ProAssurance has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ProAssurance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. ProAssurance pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stewart Information Services pays out 94.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Stewart Information Services beats ProAssurance on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRA) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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