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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

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

American Financial Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Financial Group$8.32B1.29$887M$9.5213.48
Arch Capital Group$17.44B1.90$4.31B$9.769.08

64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held 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, Arch Capital Group had 10 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 5 mentions for American Financial Group. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat American Financial Group's score of 1.20 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Financial Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arch Capital Group
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 20.72% compared to American Financial Group's net margin of 9.66%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 18.34% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Financial Group9.66% 18.34% 2.66%
Arch Capital Group 20.72%15.79%4.54%

American Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus price target of $113.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.19%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than American Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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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AFG vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Financial GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.75B$56.46B$12.15B$20.89B
Dividend Yield2.49%1.99%5.55%3.62%
P/E Ratio13.4817.6019.1727.93
Price / Sales1.292.7026.3872.74
Price / Cash10.9729.0321.6622.61
Price / Book2.413.002.334.70
Net Income$887M$4.66B$997.25M$993.85M
7 Day Performance0.66%0.57%1.39%1.99%
1 Month Performance1.66%-0.65%4.45%5.85%
1 Year Performance3.00%24.55%542.15%13.36%

American Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFG
American Financial Group
4.1831 of 5 stars
$128.29
-0.2%
$140.00
+9.1%
+2.5%$10.75B$8.32B13.488,700Positive News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9308 of 5 stars
$90.59
+3.1%
$113.60
+25.4%
-7.9%$33.95B$17.44B9.287,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.5493 of 5 stars
$149.26
+1.3%
$155.25
+4.0%
+24.5%$23.33B$10.97B16.285,624Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIG
American International Group
4.8085 of 5 stars
$81.68
-0.1%
$88.12
+7.9%
+3.3%$47.08B$27.25B-30.7122,200Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.9769 of 5 stars
$280.18
+0.8%
$307.13
+9.6%
+2.6%$112.28B$55.75B13.4843,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
HCI
HCI Group
4.6756 of 5 stars
$141.49
+1.8%
$181.25
+28.1%
+55.6%$1.63B$750.05M13.68530
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.7608 of 5 stars
$122.94
+1.7%
$133.67
+8.7%
+20.9%$34.93B$26.76B12.2619,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.5774 of 5 stars
$490.16
+2.2%
$491.88
+0.4%
+28.1%$11.43B$1.59B28.20470Positive News
L
Loews
3.5894 of 5 stars
$91.69
+1.2%
$112.00
+22.2%
+17.4%$19.23B$17.50B15.0613,000Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.2936 of 5 stars
$255.46
+0.4%
$271.00
+6.1%
+26.9%$57.70B$46.42B13.9134,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
WRB
W.R. Berkley
4.1864 of 5 stars
$69.42
+0.8%
$72.00
+3.7%
+31.3%$26.34B$13.64B16.118,606Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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