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The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) Competitors

$100.33
-0.95 (-0.94%)
(As of 05/28/2024 ET)

HIG vs. AIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, PGR, CB, and TRV

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), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

The Hartford Financial Services Group vs.

American International Group (NYSE:AIG) and The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

American International Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American International Group had 5 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American International Group and 5 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's score of 0.57 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American International Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Hartford Financial Services Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American International Group$46.80B1.10$3.64B$6.7011.55
The Hartford Financial Services Group$24.53B1.21$2.50B$8.8011.40

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to The Hartford Financial Services Group's net margin of 9.98%. American International Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American International Group9.98% 10.54% 0.93%
The Hartford Financial Services Group 10.87%20.64%3.90%

American International Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.06, suggesting a potential upside of 4.79%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $105.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.53%. Given American International Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Hartford Financial Services Group is more favorable than American International Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
The Hartford Financial Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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 an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. American International Group pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and 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.

90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American International GroupOutperform Votes
860
65.05%
Underperform Votes
462
34.95%
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
649
66.77%
Underperform Votes
323
33.23%

Summary

The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HIG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Hartford Financial Services GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.67B$39.39B$9.21B$17.67B
Dividend Yield1.86%4.86%10.54%3.53%
P/E Ratio11.4013.4547.5524.88
Price / Sales1.211.73329.2810.25
Price / Cash9.6316.9216.8115.71
Price / Book2.011.922.455.08
Net Income$2.50B$3.93B$1.01B$975.44M
7 Day Performance-1.75%-1.44%-1.26%-1.61%
1 Month Performance5.28%2.98%1.81%4.32%
1 Year Performance46.08%51.74%24.97%23.08%

The Hartford Financial Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIG
American International Group
4.8023 of 5 stars
$78.03
+0.6%
$81.06
+3.9%
+44.3%$51.79B$46.80B11.6525,200Short Interest ↑
L
Loews
4.4077 of 5 stars
$74.75
+0.8%
$170.00
+127.4%
+30.9%$16.55B$15.90B11.0912,280Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.2554 of 5 stars
$129.03
+0.4%
$135.00
+4.6%
+13.3%$10.82B$7.83B12.358,500Short Interest ↑
Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.578 of 5 stars
$168.99
+1.4%
$200.25
+18.5%
+35.4%$8.79B$11.13B11.7913,600Dividend Announcement
KMPR
Kemper
4.4134 of 5 stars
$58.47
-0.7%
$70.40
+20.4%
+33.2%$3.76B$4.94B-30.778,100
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.8358 of 5 stars
$6.27
-0.5%
$7.00
+11.6%
+10.6%$2.74B$7.49B33.002,700Insider Selling
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
4.3865 of 5 stars
$33.76
+0.3%
$38.50
+14.0%
+9.9%$1.38B$1.49B21.641,700Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
PGR
Progressive
4.3609 of 5 stars
$203.91
+0.4%
$215.19
+5.5%
+58.7%$119.43B$62.11B20.8761,400Analyst Revision
CB
Chubb
4.8232 of 5 stars
$264.76
+0.6%
$266.70
+0.7%
+39.3%$107.51B$49.74B11.7540,000Short Interest ↓
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.6361 of 5 stars
$213.33
+0.5%
$222.65
+4.4%
+23.8%$48.85B$41.36B15.8533,300Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:HIG) was last updated on 5/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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