Travelers Companies (TRV) Competitors

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

Is TRV or PGR a better dividend stock?

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Travelers Companies pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 2.9% 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 20 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRV or PGR?

82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TRV or PGR?

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
Travelers Companies	$41.36B	1.32	$2.99B	$19.50	12.29
Progressive	$62.11B	2.30	$3.90B	$13.76	17.72

Do analysts rate TRV or PGR?

Travelers Companies currently has a consensus target price of $254.65, indicating a potential upside of 6.26%. Progressive has a consensus target price of $275.24, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Progressive is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelers Companies	4 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Progressive	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is TRV or PGR more profitable?

Progressive has a net margin of 11.27% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.02%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.10% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelers Companies	10.02%	17.69%	3.50%
Progressive	11.27%	33.10%	7.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRV or PGR?

Progressive received 12 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.38% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote while only 52.95% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 584 52.95%	Underperform Votes 519 47.05%
Progressive	Outperform Votes 596 54.38%	Underperform Votes 500 45.62%

Does the media favor TRV or PGR?

In the previous week, Progressive had 17 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Progressive and 22 mentions for Travelers Companies. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.79 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Progressive	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TRV or PGR?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.