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AFL vs. ACGL, AMSF, TRUP, ALL, EIG, HIG, L, MET, PRU, and UNM

Should you be buying Aflac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aflac include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Trupanion (TRUP), Allstate (ALL), Employers (EIG), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Unum Group (UNM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Aflac vs. Its Competitors

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

Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aflac has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aflac had 6 more articles in the media than Arch Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Aflac and 16 mentions for Arch Capital Group. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Aflac's score of 1.06 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Aflac
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arch Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of $113.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.09%. Aflac has a consensus target price of $108.15, indicating a potential upside of 5.51%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than Aflac.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Aflac
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Aflac shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Aflac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Aflac has a net margin of 21.27% compared to Arch Capital Group's net margin of 20.72%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.79% beat Aflac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arch Capital Group20.72% 15.79% 4.54%
Aflac 21.27%15.55%3.30%

Aflac has higher revenue and earnings than Arch Capital Group. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aflac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arch Capital Group$17.44B1.89$4.31B$9.769.02
Aflac$18.93B2.93$5.44B$6.4016.02

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats Aflac on 9 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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AFL vs. The Competition

MetricAflacINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$55.63B$12.02B$12.31B$21.15B
Dividend Yield2.25%2.08%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio16.0210.7619.0627.76
Price / Sales2.931.6825.9258.39
Price / Cash11.6133.3621.8423.00
Price / Book2.182.392.274.67
Net Income$5.44B$1.21B$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance0.71%0.19%0.88%1.48%
1 Month Performance-0.01%0.35%4.39%5.79%
1 Year Performance8.94%22.04%540.85%11.41%

Aflac Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFL
Aflac
4.7743 of 5 stars
$102.50
-0.4%
$108.15
+5.5%
+8.9%$55.63B$18.93B16.0212,694Positive News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9457 of 5 stars
$87.54
-0.9%
$113.60
+29.8%
-8.7%$32.81B$17.44B8.977,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMSF
AMERISAFE
4.1745 of 5 stars
$44.01
-2.6%
$59.50
+35.2%
-10.2%$838.39M$309.04M17.75350News Coverage
Earnings Report
TRUP
Trupanion
3.6682 of 5 stars
$49.57
-3.1%
$53.80
+8.5%
+50.7%$2.12B$1.32B-495.651,130
ALL
Allstate
4.9487 of 5 stars
$192.86
-0.6%
$227.07
+17.7%
+12.6%$51.07B$64.11B13.1755,400Upcoming Earnings
EIG
Employers
4.0219 of 5 stars
$45.61
-1.8%
$58.00
+27.2%
-0.3%$1.10B$880.70M11.07680News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.7368 of 5 stars
$121.39
-1.2%
$133.67
+10.1%
+20.6%$34.49B$26.54B12.1019,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
L
Loews
3.7291 of 5 stars
$91.25
-1.2%
$112.00
+22.7%
+17.2%$19.13B$17.51B14.9813,000Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9879 of 5 stars
$76.29
-1.1%
$95.50
+25.2%
+4.4%$51.22B$70.99B12.4145,000Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.914 of 5 stars
$102.06
-1.2%
$121.62
+19.2%
-15.4%$36.13B$68.05B16.1738,196Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
UNM
Unum Group
4.9857 of 5 stars
$79.73
-1.7%
$90.14
+13.1%
+49.3%$13.90B$12.89B9.3911,063Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:AFL) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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