ALL vs. TRV, ACGL, WRB, CINF, CNA, PGR, AIG, HIG, EG, and L
Should you be buying Allstate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allstate include Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Everest Group (EG), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Allstate (NYSE:ALL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Travelers Companies pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allstate pays out 81.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Allstate has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Travelers Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Allstate. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allstate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Allstate. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Travelers Companies and 19 mentions for Allstate. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Allstate's score of 0.78 indicating that Allstate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allstate received 394 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allstate has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies currently has a consensus price target of $222.65, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Allstate has a consensus price target of $174.59, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Allstate is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Allstate 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.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 2.31%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 14.44% beat Allstate's return on equity.
Summary
Allstate beats Travelers Companies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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