SIGI vs. ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, THG, WTM, and AGO
Should you be buying Selective Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Selective Insurance Group include Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), and Assured Guaranty (AGO). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Selective Insurance Group vs.
Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) and Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Selective Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.57%. Given Selective Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Selective Insurance Group is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.
Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Selective Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Erie Indemnity pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Selective Insurance Group pays out 41.4% 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. Erie Indemnity has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years and Selective Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Selective Insurance Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Selective Insurance Group received 70 more outperform votes than Erie Indemnity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.42% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote.
33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Selective Insurance Group had 18 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Selective Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Selective Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.00 indicating that Selective Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.16% compared to Selective Insurance Group's net margin of 4.26%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.22% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity.
Erie Indemnity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Selective Insurance Group. Selective Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Selective Insurance Group beats Erie Indemnity on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIGI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
