AFG vs. Y, RNR, KNSL, CNA, RLI, HIG, L, AIZ, KMPR, and GNW
Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include Alleghany (Y), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), and Genworth Financial (GNW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Alleghany (NYSE:Y) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Alleghany has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. American Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alleghany, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Alleghany. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for American Financial Group and 7 mentions for Alleghany. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Alleghany's score of 0.39 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Financial Group received 7 more outperform votes than Alleghany when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave Alleghany an outperform vote.
American Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $131.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.93%. Given American Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Financial Group is more favorable than Alleghany.
64.4% of American Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Alleghany shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Alleghany shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 11.03% compared to Alleghany's net margin of 3.03%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 21.34% beat Alleghany's return on equity.
American Financial Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alleghany has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Financial Group beats Alleghany on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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