STC vs. FAF, MBIN, CODI, GSBD, RLJ, LOB, CLBK, IVT, ENVA, and WSBC
Should you be buying Stewart Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stewart Information Services include First American Financial (FAF), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Compass Diversified (CODI), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Columbia Financial (CLBK), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), Enova International (ENVA), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) and Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
First American Financial received 84 more outperform votes than Stewart Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.57% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 52.47% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.
First American Financial has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First American Financial has a net margin of 3.64% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 1.83%. Stewart Information Services' return on equity of 8.17% beat First American Financial's return on equity.
First American Financial currently has a consensus target price of $67.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.75%. Stewart Information Services has a consensus target price of $69.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.40%. Given Stewart Information Services' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Stewart Information Services.
First American Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Stewart Information Services. First American Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stewart Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.1% of First American Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First American Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, First American Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Stewart Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for First American Financial and 18 mentions for Stewart Information Services. First American Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Stewart Information Services' score of -0.10 indicating that Stewart Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First American Financial pays out 101.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stewart Information Services pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First American Financial has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Stewart Information Services has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. First American Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
First American Financial beats Stewart Information Services on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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