AIZ vs. HIG, L, AFG, KMPR, GNW, HMN, AIG, BNRE, IGIC, and BAMR
Should you be buying Assurant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assurant include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), International General Insurance (IGIC), and Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners (BAMR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
The Hartford Financial Services Group received 364 more outperform votes than Assurant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.77% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Assurant an outperform vote.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Assurant. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assurant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assurant has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Hartford Financial Services Group had 2 more articles in the media than Assurant. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group and 5 mentions for Assurant. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Assurant's score of 1.44 indicating that Assurant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Assurant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Assurant 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.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to The Hartford Financial Services Group's net margin of 6.73%. Assurant's return on equity of 20.64% beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity.
The Hartford Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $105.88, indicating a potential upside of 4.99%. Assurant has a consensus target price of $200.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. Given The Hartford Financial Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Assurant is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.
The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Assurant pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assurant pays out 20.1% 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. The Hartford Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. The Hartford Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats Assurant on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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