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STC vs. RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, AGO, MCY, HTH, HCI, and PRA

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

Stewart Information Services vs.

Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

RLI received 71 more outperform votes than Stewart Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.31% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 52.22% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stewart Information ServicesOutperform Votes
200
52.22%
Underperform Votes
183
47.78%
RLIOutperform Votes
271
55.31%
Underperform Votes
219
44.69%

In the previous week, RLI had 8 more articles in the media than Stewart Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for RLI and 11 mentions for Stewart Information Services. RLI's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 0.95 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stewart Information Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
RLI
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stewart Information Services pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RLI pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLI has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years.

Stewart Information Services currently has a consensus target price of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.85%. RLI has a consensus target price of $79.80, suggesting a potential upside of 2.44%. Given Stewart Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than RLI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stewart Information Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
RLI
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

RLI has a net margin of 19.53% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 2.94%. RLI's return on equity of 16.63% beat Stewart Information Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stewart Information Services2.94% 6.81% 3.52%
RLI 19.53%16.63%4.76%

RLI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stewart Information Services. RLI 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stewart Information Services$2.49B0.74$73.31M$2.6025.35
RLI$1.77B4.04$345.78M$3.7520.77

Summary

RLI beats Stewart Information Services on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STC vs. The Competition

MetricStewart Information ServicesTitle insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.83B$6.40B$10.86B$18.54B
Dividend Yield3.05%2.70%6.00%4.22%
P/E Ratio25.3325.1721.7231.22
Price / Sales0.741.2425.4226.44
Price / Cash12.1612.9617.6117.54
Price / Book1.291.642.504.31
Net Income$73.31M$188.12M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.24%1.24%2.68%3.06%
1 Month Performance-7.70%-6.54%-3.81%-7.63%
1 Year Performance12.39%25.15%534.63%2.48%

Stewart Information Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STC
Stewart Information Services
1.8743 of 5 stars
$65.91
+1.2%
$79.00
+19.9%
+10.7%$1.83B$2.49B25.337,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
RLI
RLI
4.2029 of 5 stars
$77.81
+1.7%
$79.80
+2.6%
+12.2%$7.14B$1.77B20.781,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
FAF
First American Financial
4.4753 of 5 stars
$60.96
+2.5%
$74.50
+22.2%
+7.0%$6.28B$6.12B48.7721,200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.7614 of 5 stars
$159.70
+2.3%
$178.00
+11.5%
+24.9%$5.74B$6.22B13.664,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
3.4048 of 5 stars
$87.94
+1.5%
$95.17
+8.2%
-12.7%$5.34B$4.86B27.312,520Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
3.1691 of 5 stars
$1,774.94
+2.2%
N/A+2.3%$4.51B$2.35B19.721,650Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.1955 of 5 stars
$81.94
+1.4%
$103.33
+26.1%
+5.5%$4.09B$814M6.37410Positive News
MCY
Mercury General
4.147 of 5 stars
$52.48
+1.3%
$80.00
+52.4%
-0.4%$2.91B$5.48B6.214,300
HTH
Hilltop
4.5366 of 5 stars
$28.44
+1.8%
$34.00
+19.5%
-0.3%$1.84B$1.12B16.344,170Positive News
Gap Down
HCI
HCI Group
2.6541 of 5 stars
$148.68
+1.5%
$140.00
-5.8%
+30.1%$1.60B$749.45M12.42530Positive News
PRA
ProAssurance
2.6162 of 5 stars
$23.31
+0.0%
$18.67
-19.9%
+81.1%$1.19B$1.13B28.081,080Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
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