AIG vs. ACGL, AIZ, CB, CNO, HIG, MET, MTG, ORI, PRU, and RDN
Should you be buying American International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American International Group include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Assurant (AIZ), Chubb (CB), CNO Financial Group (CNO), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), MetLife (MET), MGIC Investment (MTG), Old Republic International (ORI), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Radian Group (RDN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American International Group vs. Its Competitors
Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arch Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $108.71, suggesting a potential upside of 25.67%. American International Group has a consensus price target of $89.81, suggesting a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Arch Capital Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than American International Group.
Arch Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American International Group. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to American International Group's net margin of 11.51%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.33% beat American International Group's return on equity.
89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of American International Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, American International Group had 8 more articles in the media than Arch Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for American International Group and 19 mentions for Arch Capital Group. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat American International Group's score of 0.87 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats American International Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AIG) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
