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$80.90 -1.38 (-1.67%)
Closing price 10/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AGO vs. WTFC, AIG, AMP, CNO, HIG, L, MET, ORI, PFG, and PRU

Should you be buying Assured Guaranty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assured Guaranty include Wintrust Financial (WTFC), American International Group (AIG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), CNO Financial Group (CNO), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), MetLife (MET), Old Republic International (ORI), Principal Financial Group (PFG), and Prudential Financial (PRU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Assured Guaranty vs. Its Competitors

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Assured Guaranty. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wintrust Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Assured Guaranty$872M4.42$376M$9.058.94
Wintrust Financial$3.97B2.16$695.04M$10.5712.11

Assured Guaranty presently has a consensus price target of $98.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. Wintrust Financial has a consensus price target of $149.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.81%. Given Assured Guaranty's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Assured Guaranty is more favorable than Wintrust Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Assured Guaranty
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Wintrust Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 7 more articles in the media than Wintrust Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 7 mentions for Wintrust Financial. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Wintrust Financial's score of 0.78 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Assured Guaranty
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wintrust Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Assured Guaranty has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wintrust Financial has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 44.53% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 18.06%. Wintrust Financial's return on equity of 12.08% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Assured Guaranty44.53% 7.18% 3.38%
Wintrust Financial 18.06%12.08%1.12%

Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Assured Guaranty pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wintrust Financial pays out 18.9% 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. Assured Guaranty has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Wintrust Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Assured Guaranty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Assured Guaranty and Wintrust Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AGO vs. The Competition

MetricAssured GuarantyINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.92B$21.17B$12.66B$21.89B
Dividend Yield1.65%2.63%5.56%3.62%
P/E Ratio8.9413.3430.0030.12
Price / Sales4.422.1630.4366.96
Price / Cash11.4417.7022.8024.26
Price / Book0.743.432.324.70
Net Income$376M$1.62B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.14%-1.49%0.27%0.49%
1 Month Performance0.30%-1.59%-0.10%1.61%
1 Year Performance-4.95%12.09%535.69%13.30%

Assured Guaranty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.5703 of 5 stars
$80.90
-1.7%
$98.50
+21.8%
-3.1%$3.92B$872M8.94410Trending News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9007 of 5 stars
$132.64
+1.7%
$148.64
+12.1%
+13.6%$8.73B$3.97B12.555,903Upcoming Earnings
AIG
American International Group
4.9247 of 5 stars
$83.00
+2.4%
$88.25
+6.3%
+5.6%$44.89B$27.25B15.7222,200Analyst Forecast
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.748 of 5 stars
$493.88
+0.4%
$535.14
+8.4%
-5.8%$46.38B$17.26B15.3713,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.3831 of 5 stars
$39.57
0.0%
$43.40
+9.7%
+10.3%$3.84B$4.45B14.603,500
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.9007 of 5 stars
$132.50
-0.7%
$137.93
+4.1%
+8.5%$37.53B$26.54B12.0119,100
L
Loews
1.3032 of 5 stars
$102.38
+0.7%
N/A+24.8%$21.09B$17.51B16.2813,000
MET
MetLife
4.9435 of 5 stars
$82.34
0.0%
$94.64
+14.9%
-4.7%$54.78B$70.99B13.9645,000
ORI
Old Republic International
4.8926 of 5 stars
$43.34
0.0%
$47.00
+8.4%
+19.0%$10.77B$8.23B14.849,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.1668 of 5 stars
$84.18
-0.1%
$86.90
+3.2%
-10.1%$18.75B$15.13B12.6019,300Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8031 of 5 stars
$103.21
-0.8%
$122.08
+18.3%
-18.1%$36.62B$68.05B22.8838,196Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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