AFG vs. L, KMPR, ROOT, WRB, HIG, KNSL, RNR, CNA, RLI, and SIGI
Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include Loews (L), Kemper (KMPR), Root (ROOT), W. R. Berkley (WRB), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), RenaissanceRe (RNR), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI).
American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Loews (NYSE:L) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Loews shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Loews shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Financial Group received 50 more outperform votes than Loews when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.67% of users gave Loews an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Loews had 5 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Loews and 4 mentions for American Financial Group. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Loews' score of 0.49 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American Financial Group pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loews pays out 4.0% 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.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 10.89% compared to Loews' net margin of 9.02%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 22.14% beat Loews' return on equity.
American Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $133.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Loews has a consensus target price of $170.00, indicating a potential upside of 121.50%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Loews is more favorable than American Financial Group.
Loews has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. Loews 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.
Summary
American Financial Group beats Loews on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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