THG vs. CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, SIGI, FAF, WTM, and AGO
Should you be buying The Hanover Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hanover Insurance Group include Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), First American Financial (FAF), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), and Assured Guaranty (AGO). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
The Hanover Insurance Group received 104 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 50.60% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cincinnati Financial pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 9 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 5 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cincinnati Financial has higher revenue and earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hanover Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $146.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus price target of $126.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 22.16% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 2.67%. Cincinnati Financial's return on equity of 9.34% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
Summary
Cincinnati Financial beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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