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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

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

In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Assured Guaranty. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 3 mentions for Assured Guaranty. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Assured Guaranty's score of 0.70 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wintrust 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus target price of $138.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.56%. Assured Guaranty has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.32%. Given Assured Guaranty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Assured Guaranty is more favorable than Wintrust Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wintrust Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Assured Guaranty
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 45.58% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 17.32%. Wintrust Financial's return on equity of 12.00% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wintrust Financial17.32% 12.00% 1.10%
Assured Guaranty 45.58%7.76%3.63%

Wintrust Financial has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assured Guaranty has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% 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
Wintrust Financial$3.97B2.19$695.04M$10.1112.81
Assured Guaranty$913M4.43$376M$8.379.85

Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Wintrust Financial pays out 19.8% 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. Wintrust Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Assured Guaranty has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Assured Guaranty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Wintrust Financial beats Assured Guaranty on 12 of the 19 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$4.05B$20.45B$11.94B$20.61B
Dividend Yield1.63%2.98%5.55%3.64%
P/E Ratio9.8513.2619.0627.32
Price / Sales4.432.0626.2058.87
Price / Cash11.6316.9118.4917.88
Price / Book0.763.912.274.57
Net Income$376M$1.60B$997.60M$995.21M
7 Day Performance-2.77%-1.70%-0.27%-0.59%
1 Month Performance-2.68%2.99%3.56%4.48%
1 Year Performance1.60%12.12%541.73%9.03%

Assured Guaranty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.3247 of 5 stars
$82.43
-2.0%
$100.00
+21.3%
+4.5%$4.05B$913M9.85410
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6336 of 5 stars
$130.61
-1.0%
$135.77
+4.0%
+27.7%$8.83B$3.97B12.925,903News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
AIG
American International Group
4.5177 of 5 stars
$82.93
-0.3%
$88.12
+6.3%
+5.9%$47.94B$27.25B-31.1822,200Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.2248 of 5 stars
$536.13
-1.3%
$517.86
-3.4%
+20.9%$51.73B$17.26B18.2213,600Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.8159 of 5 stars
$37.47
-2.1%
$41.00
+9.4%
+27.5%$3.79B$4.45B13.103,500News Coverage
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.9106 of 5 stars
$123.36
-1.3%
$132.33
+7.3%
+20.8%$35.51B$26.76B12.3019,100
L
Loews
3.5394 of 5 stars
$91.43
-1.0%
$112.00
+22.5%
+19.2%$19.37B$17.51B15.0113,000
MET
MetLife
4.9887 of 5 stars
$79.20
-1.8%
$94.67
+19.5%
+6.1%$54.14B$70.99B12.8845,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7325 of 5 stars
$37.79
-0.5%
$42.00
+11.1%
+18.7%$9.38B$8.23B15.369,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.9733 of 5 stars
$80.19
-1.0%
$83.69
+4.4%
-4.7%$17.98B$15.77B12.0019,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9392 of 5 stars
$106.48
-2.4%
$121.15
+13.8%
-14.4%$38.61B$68.05B16.8738,196Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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