CB vs. PGR, AIG, TRV, ALL, ACGL, HIG, MKL, WRB, CINF, and L
Should you be buying Chubb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chubb include Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Chubb pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 4.1% 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.
In the previous week, Progressive had 10 more articles in the media than Chubb. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Progressive and 13 mentions for Chubb. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Chubb's score of 0.67 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chubb presently has a consensus price target of $266.70, indicating a potential downside of 1.52%. Progressive has a consensus price target of $215.19, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. Given Progressive's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Progressive is more favorable than Chubb.
Chubb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Progressive. Chubb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chubb has a net margin of 17.99% compared to Progressive's net margin of 8.89%. Progressive's return on equity of 29.43% beat Chubb's return on equity.
Chubb has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chubb received 155 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.
Summary
Chubb beats Progressive on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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