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Hilltop (HTH) Competitors

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$30.63
-0.39 (-1.26%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

HTH vs. RLI, AXS, FAF, SIGI, THG, WTM, AGO, MCY, STC, and HCI

Should you be buying Hilltop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilltop include RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Stewart Information Services (STC), and HCI Group (HCI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Hilltop vs.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Hilltop has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

57.1% of Hilltop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 29.3% of Hilltop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

RLI has higher revenue and earnings than Hilltop. RLI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilltop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hilltop$1.11B1.79$109.65M$1.6318.79
RLI$1.51B4.73$304.61M$9.1017.14

In the previous week, RLI had 5 more articles in the media than Hilltop. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for RLI and 10 mentions for Hilltop. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat RLI's score of 0.19 indicating that Hilltop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hilltop
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
RLI
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hilltop presently has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.63%. RLI has a consensus price target of $177.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given RLI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLI is more favorable than Hilltop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hilltop
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
RLI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

RLI has a net margin of 23.77% compared to Hilltop's net margin of 7.10%. RLI's return on equity of 19.03% beat Hilltop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hilltop7.10% 5.30% 0.70%
RLI 23.77%19.03%5.46%

Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hilltop pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLI pays out 12.7% 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. RLI has increased its dividend for 50 consecutive years.

RLI received 25 more outperform votes than Hilltop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.60% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HilltopOutperform Votes
243
53.06%
Underperform Votes
215
46.94%
RLIOutperform Votes
268
55.60%
Underperform Votes
214
44.40%

Summary

RLI beats Hilltop on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HTH vs. The Competition

MetricHilltopState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.99B$3.15B$9.69B$19.18B
Dividend Yield2.19%3.76%10.49%3.52%
P/E Ratio17.6016.8648.6931.76
Price / Sales1.793.153,327.0717.89
Price / Cash15.5310.0929.8120.46
Price / Book0.931.222.915.38
Net Income$109.65M$409.37M$952.27M$984.71M
7 Day Performance0.36%-0.03%-0.61%-0.53%
1 Month Performance-4.49%1.79%0.47%-0.96%
1 Year Performance10.78%36.44%26.12%29.32%

Hilltop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTH
Hilltop
4.876 of 5 stars
$30.63
-1.3%
$34.50
+12.6%
+12.4%$1.99B$1.11B17.603,820Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RLI
RLI
4.8219 of 5 stars
$159.18
-0.3%
$174.40
+9.6%
+17.6%$7.28B$1.51B17.491,099
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.9804 of 5 stars
$81.16
+0.2%
$92.86
+14.4%
+43.8%$6.87B$5.81B11.162,048Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
FAF
First American Financial
4.8266 of 5 stars
$63.91
+0.2%
$69.00
+8.0%
+27.3%$6.63B$5.94B34.1819,210Positive News
High Trading Volume
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.824 of 5 stars
$93.57
-1.8%
$100.00
+6.9%
-11.7%$5.79B$4.72B25.222,650Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.738 of 5 stars
$150.97
+0.4%
$160.20
+6.1%
+30.9%$5.43B$6.11B20.084,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
1.9134 of 5 stars
$1,844.29
+0.7%
N/A+25.5%$4.73B$2.30B9.601,650Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.524 of 5 stars
$85.20
+1.3%
$96.33
+13.1%
+39.0%$4.64B$846M6.93410Short Interest ↑
MCY
Mercury General
3.8532 of 5 stars
$68.07
+2.8%
N/A+136.5%$3.65B$4.63B11.804,100Dividend Cut
News Coverage
STC
Stewart Information Services
3.8548 of 5 stars
$71.43
+6.0%
$78.00
+9.2%
+61.4%$1.98B$2.26B45.796,800Gap Up
HCI
HCI Group
3.8797 of 5 stars
$120.97
+6.7%
$129.25
+6.8%
+101.4%$1.27B$706.97M9.46530Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:HTH) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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