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This company recently went public with an IPO on Thursday, May 8th 2025. They issued 11,000,000 shares at $29.00 - $31.00 per share. We will continue to update data for AHL as it becomes available.

Aspen Insurance (AHL) Competitors

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AHL vs. ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, AGO, MCY, and HTH

Should you be buying Aspen Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Insurance include Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), and Hilltop (HTH). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Aspen Insurance vs.

Aspen Insurance (NYSE:AHL) and Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Aspen Insurance has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Republic International has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aspen Insurance had 1 more articles in the media than Old Republic International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Aspen Insurance and 10 mentions for Old Republic International. Old Republic International's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Aspen Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aspen Insurance
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Old Republic International
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Old Republic International has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Insurance. Old Republic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aspen Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aspen Insurance$2.41B0.85-$145.80M$0.013,446.00
Old Republic International$8.33B1.12$852.80M$2.4615.40

Old Republic International has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Aspen Insurance's net margin of -6.29%. Old Republic International's return on equity of 20.32% beat Aspen Insurance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aspen Insurance-6.29% 0.99% 0.21%
Old Republic International 10.36%20.32%4.47%

Old Republic International has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. Given Old Republic International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Old Republic International is more favorable than Aspen Insurance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aspen Insurance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Old Republic International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Aspen Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Old Republic International pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Aspen Insurance pays out 7,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Old Republic International pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Republic International has increased its dividend for 45 consecutive years. Old Republic International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

96.8% of Aspen Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Old Republic International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Aspen Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Old Republic International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Aspen Insurance received 42 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.66% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Aspen Insurance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aspen InsuranceOutperform Votes
287
61.32%
Underperform Votes
181
38.68%
Old Republic InternationalOutperform Votes
245
62.66%
Underperform Votes
146
37.34%

Summary

Old Republic International beats Aspen Insurance on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AHL vs. The Competition

MetricAspen InsuranceFire, Marine, & Casualty Insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.06B$47.93B$11.30B$19.10B
Dividend Yield1.69%2.30%5.54%3.94%
P/E Ratio3,446.0012.4122.2833.52
Price / Sales0.857.0726.5233.45
Price / CashN/A16.8117.6217.51
Price / Book0.772.402.704.59
Net Income-$145.80M$4.16B$1.04B$1.02B

Aspen Insurance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AHL
Aspen Insurance
N/A$34.46
+6.0%
N/AN/A$2.06B$2.41B3,446.00N/ANews Coverage
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7287 of 5 stars
$38.08
+0.0%
$42.00
+10.3%
+20.6%$9.41B$8.33B14.489,500Positive News
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.2743 of 5 stars
$99.91
+0.3%
$107.75
+7.8%
+43.5%$7.86B$6.04B8.092,080Analyst Forecast
Positive News
RLI
RLI
3.9939 of 5 stars
$74.65
+0.4%
$78.60
+5.3%
+0.8%$6.85B$1.73B19.931,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
FAF
First American Financial
4.7905 of 5 stars
$61.31
-0.4%
$75.00
+22.3%
+6.7%$6.31B$6.28B49.0421,200Positive News
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.6088 of 5 stars
$167.25
-0.7%
$179.25
+7.2%
+23.1%$6.01B$6.27B14.314,400Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
3.7818 of 5 stars
$89.08
+0.4%
$93.50
+5.0%
-8.6%$5.41B$4.98B27.662,520Positive News
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
1.9612 of 5 stars
$1,786.41
+0.0%
N/A-2.5%$4.60B$2.35B19.851,650Earnings Report
News Coverage
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.3471 of 5 stars
$89.08
-0.6%
$103.33
+16.0%
+10.4%$4.45B$814M6.92410Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
MCY
Mercury General
4.1587 of 5 stars
$59.04
+0.8%
$80.00
+35.5%
+4.4%$3.27B$5.48B6.994,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
HTH
Hilltop
4.5313 of 5 stars
$29.90
-0.3%
$33.00
+10.4%
-3.9%$1.92B$1.16B17.184,170Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AHL) was last updated on 5/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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