Assured Guaranty (AGO) Competitors

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FNF or AGO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity National Financial	$12.78B	1.16	$517M	$4.04	13.41
Assured Guaranty	$913M	4.52	$739M	$8.37	10.04

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FNF or AGO?

Fidelity National Financial received 22 more outperform votes than Assured Guaranty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.83% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 64.08% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 421 64.08%	Underperform Votes 236 35.92%
Assured Guaranty	Outperform Votes 399 66.83%	Underperform Votes 198 33.17%

Which has more risk & volatility, FNF or AGO?

Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assured Guaranty has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FNF or AGO a better dividend stock?

Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assured Guaranty pays out 16.2% 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. Fidelity National Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Assured Guaranty has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FNF or AGO?

81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FNF or AGO?

In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 3 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 12 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 1.51 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Assured Guaranty	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend FNF or AGO?

Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus target price of $71.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.19%. Assured Guaranty has a consensus target price of $103.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.93%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Assured Guaranty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Assured Guaranty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is FNF or AGO more profitable?

Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 9.28%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 15.36% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Financial	9.28%	15.36%	1.42%
Assured Guaranty	70.37%	11.58%	5.39%

Summary

Assured Guaranty beats Fidelity National Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.