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American International Group (AIG) Competitors

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$73.63 +0.63 (+0.86%)
(As of 12/11/2024 ET)

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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

The Hartford Financial Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $122.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.95%. American International Group has a consensus target price of $84.80, suggesting a potential upside of 15.17%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out -47.2% 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. The Hartford Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American International Group received 214 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
658
66.13%
Underperform Votes
337
33.87%
American International GroupOutperform Votes
872
64.69%
Underperform Votes
476
35.31%

In the previous week, American International Group had 7 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for American International Group and 16 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat American International Group's score of 1.00 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American International Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.62% compared to American International Group's net margin of -6.19%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 20.35% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Hartford Financial Services Group11.62% 20.35% 4.02%
American International Group -6.19%8.63%1.15%

American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services 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$25.91B1.26$2.50B$9.9811.32
American International Group$45.90B1.00$3.64B-$3.39-21.72

Summary

The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 22 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$45.93B$44.35B$10.54B$20.11B
Dividend Yield2.10%7.42%10.14%3.47%
P/E Ratio-21.7210.4749.4243.37
Price / Sales1.002.003,297.1219.42
Price / Cash5.6819.9830.8918.54
Price / Book1.002.342.935.53
Net Income$3.64B$3.90B$1.03B$987.20M
7 Day Performance-3.30%-3.11%-0.23%-0.20%
1 Month Performance-1.66%2.81%0.55%1.40%
1 Year Performance9.98%57.24%19.88%23.06%

American International Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIG
American International Group
4.797 of 5 stars
$73.63
+0.9%
$84.80
+15.2%
+11.3%$45.93B$45.90B-21.7225,200
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.8599 of 5 stars
$115.79
-3.1%
$122.00
+5.4%
+43.4%$33.57B$24.53B11.9818,700Short Interest ↑
Positive News
L
Loews
4.2238 of 5 stars
$85.55
-0.6%
$112.00
+30.9%
+21.6%$18.63B$15.90B11.4312,280Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.6252 of 5 stars
$141.72
-0.9%
$141.25
-0.3%
+20.2%$11.89B$7.83B13.408,500Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.9552 of 5 stars
$219.16
-1.9%
$229.50
+4.7%
+28.7%$11.24B$11.13B15.9913,600Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
KMPR
Kemper
4.72 of 5 stars
$68.39
-3.2%
$79.00
+15.5%
+43.1%$4.38B$4.94B16.828,100Positive News
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.3836 of 5 stars
$7.39
-1.5%
$7.00
-5.3%
+18.3%$3.16B$7.49B35.712,700Positive News
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
4.044 of 5 stars
$41.82
+0.6%
$42.67
+2.0%
+24.8%$1.70B$1.49B16.561,700Short Interest ↓
PGR
Progressive
4.8453 of 5 stars
$246.91
-3.0%
$269.81
+9.3%
+49.1%$144.64B$62.11B18.5061,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.4257 of 5 stars
$278.16
-1.8%
$287.37
+3.3%
+23.1%$112.13B$49.74B11.6040,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.8306 of 5 stars
$252.91
-3.2%
$251.15
-0.7%
+34.4%$57.42B$41.36B13.3933,300Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AIG) was last updated on 12/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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