AIG vs. HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, MET, PRU, and PUK
Should you be buying American International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American International Group include The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Prudential Public (PUK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American International Group vs. Its Competitors
The Hartford Insurance Group (NYSE:HIG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
The Hartford Insurance Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hartford Insurance Group has a net margin of 11.10% compared to American International Group's net margin of -7.05%. The Hartford Insurance Group's return on equity of 18.73% beat American International Group's return on equity.
The Hartford Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. The Hartford Insurance Group pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out -67.7% 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. The Hartford Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and American International Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The Hartford Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $132.58, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. American International Group has a consensus price target of $88.12, suggesting a potential upside of 6.99%. Given The Hartford Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe The Hartford Insurance Group is more favorable than American International Group.
93.4% of The Hartford Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Hartford Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of American International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, American International Group had 10 more articles in the media than The Hartford Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American International Group and 14 mentions for The Hartford Insurance Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat The Hartford Insurance Group's score of 1.26 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Hartford Insurance Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American International Group. American International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hartford Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hartford Insurance Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AIG) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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