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American International Group (AIG) Competitors

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$82.27 -0.36 (-0.44%)
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AIG vs. HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, PGR, CB, and TRV

Should you be buying American International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American International Group include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American International Group vs.

The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American International Group received 210 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.24% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
675
66.24%
Underperform Votes
344
33.76%
American International GroupOutperform Votes
885
64.46%
Underperform Votes
488
35.54%

In the previous week, American International Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for American International Group and 30 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat American International Group's score of 1.14 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Hartford Financial Services Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American International Group
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. The Hartford Financial Services 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 Financial Services 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 Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

The Hartford Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $129.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.04%. American International Group has a consensus price target of $88.12, suggesting a potential upside of 6.62%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Hartford Financial Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.72% compared to American International Group's net margin of -4.25%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 19.55% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Hartford Financial Services Group11.72% 19.55% 3.88%
American International Group -4.25%8.01%1.39%

The Hartford Financial Services 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 Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Hartford Financial Services Group$26.76B1.38$3.11B$10.0312.93
American International Group$27.28B1.75-$1.40B-$2.66-31.07

Summary

The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AIG vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican International GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$47.63B$47.51B$11.50B$19.41B
Dividend Yield1.92%2.22%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio-39.7412.1822.4834.23
Price / Sales1.756.5427.2834.85
Price / Cash6.9616.8117.6217.51
Price / Book1.212.382.794.69
Net Income-$1.40B$4.16B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.63%-0.88%-0.02%-1.74%
1 Month Performance1.21%6.09%6.70%7.46%
1 Year Performance4.74%21.46%537.71%3.96%

American International Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIG
American International Group
4.454 of 5 stars
$82.27
-0.4%
$88.12
+7.1%
+5.0%$47.42B$27.28B-39.5626,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.8004 of 5 stars
$131.66
+0.4%
$129.71
-1.5%
+27.0%$37.41B$26.76B12.7218,100News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
L
Loews
4.1581 of 5 stars
$89.39
flat
$112.00
+25.3%
+15.0%$18.74B$17.50B13.9712,000Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.7345 of 5 stars
$127.12
+0.4%
$138.75
+9.1%
-7.3%$10.64B$8.24B12.036,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
AIZ
Assurant
4.6923 of 5 stars
$203.26
+0.5%
$228.67
+12.5%
+12.4%$10.34B$12.07B14.0513,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
KMPR
Kemper
4.8397 of 5 stars
$64.60
-0.1%
$79.40
+22.9%
+3.2%$4.13B$4.68B13.169,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.7432 of 5 stars
$7.22
+0.1%
$8.50
+17.7%
+6.5%$2.99B$7.08B10.622,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.4868 of 5 stars
$43.93
+0.9%
$46.00
+4.7%
+26.2%$1.79B$1.57B17.711,450Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
PGR
Progressive
4.3636 of 5 stars
$288.11
+0.7%
$288.24
+0.0%
+34.1%$168.90B$78.51B20.0155,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CB
Chubb
4.8654 of 5 stars
$294.29
0.0%
$307.86
+4.6%
+9.6%$117.93B$56.73B12.9534,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.5675 of 5 stars
$274.47
+0.3%
$270.42
-1.5%
+25.4%$62.19B$47.01B12.7832,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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