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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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Assured Guaranty. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 11 mentions for Assured Guaranty. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Assured Guaranty's score of 0.99 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Assured Guaranty
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wintrust Financial
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Assured Guaranty has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wintrust Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$913M4.48$376M$8.379.96
Wintrust Financial$3.97B2.10$695.04M$10.5711.76

Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Assured Guaranty pays out 16.2% 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.

Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 45.58% 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 Guaranty45.58% 7.76% 3.63%
Wintrust Financial 18.06%12.08%1.12%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Assured Guaranty currently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.98%. Wintrust Financial has a consensus target price of $145.77, suggesting a potential upside of 17.24%. 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Wintrust Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Summary

Wintrust Financial beats Assured Guaranty on 12 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

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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AGO vs. The Competition

MetricAssured GuarantyINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.09B$20.90B$12.16B$20.69B
Dividend Yield1.59%2.96%5.64%3.66%
P/E Ratio9.9611.8219.9328.68
Price / Sales4.482.0626.1666.15
Price / Cash11.9816.8421.4923.59
Price / Book0.762.022.114.32
Net Income$376M$1.62B$1.00B$995.66M
7 Day Performance-0.57%3.67%1.27%2.10%
1 Month Performance-1.69%0.81%0.19%-0.36%
1 Year Performance11.87%21.87%543.43%15.07%

Assured Guaranty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.5984 of 5 stars
$83.35
-1.3%
$100.00
+20.0%
+10.7%$4.09B$913M9.96410News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8668 of 5 stars
$124.85
+0.7%
$145.77
+16.8%
+27.0%$8.30B$3.97B11.815,903Positive News
AIG
American International Group
4.8632 of 5 stars
$78.27
+1.6%
$88.33
+12.9%
+8.4%$44.38B$27.25B-29.4222,200News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5673 of 5 stars
$506.51
+1.0%
$534.71
+5.6%
+26.8%$47.76B$17.26B15.7613,600
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.5863 of 5 stars
$35.85
+1.0%
$43.40
+21.1%
+15.3%$3.52B$4.45B13.233,500Dividend Announcement
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.6753 of 5 stars
$126.21
+2.6%
$136.42
+8.1%
+21.0%$34.58B$27.26B11.4419,100Positive News
Insider Trade
L
Loews
1.8339 of 5 stars
$92.87
+2.9%
N/A+22.2%$18.93B$17.51B15.2513,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MET
MetLife
4.9882 of 5 stars
$74.86
+1.1%
$96.10
+28.4%
+7.4%$49.68B$70.99B12.1745,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
ORI
Old Republic International
4.4712 of 5 stars
$36.33
+1.2%
$41.50
+14.2%
+10.7%$8.88B$8.23B12.449,400Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.428 of 5 stars
$75.88
+0.5%
$86.70
+14.3%
+3.4%$16.90B$15.13B11.3619,300
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.733 of 5 stars
$101.78
+1.1%
$121.75
+19.6%
-5.6%$35.65B$59.46B22.5738,196Dividend Announcement

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