HIG vs. AIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, CB, TRV, and ALL
Should you be buying The Hartford Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hartford Financial Services Group include American International Group (AIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Chubb (CB), Travelers Companies (TRV), and Allstate (ALL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
American International Group received 211 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.77% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.
93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Hartford Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $105.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.58%. American International Group has a consensus target price of $81.06, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. Given American International Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to American International Group's net margin of 9.98%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat American International Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, American International Group had 6 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American International Group and 8 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat American International Group's score of 1.20 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out 21.5% 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.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services Group. American International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hartford Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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