AFG vs. ACGL, CINF, AIG, CB, HCI, HIG, KNSL, L, TRV, and WRB
Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), American International Group (AIG), Chubb (CB), HCI Group (HCI), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Loews (L), Travelers Companies (TRV), and W.R. Berkley (WRB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American Financial Group vs. Its Competitors
Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 19 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 8 mentions for American Financial Group. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat American Financial Group's score of 1.30 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arch Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of $111.27, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. American Financial Group has a consensus target price of $136.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.03%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than American Financial Group.
Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to American Financial Group's net margin of 9.21%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 17.41% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats American Financial Group on 12 of the 16 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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This page (NYSE:AFG) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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