AIG vs. HIG, L, ACGL, WRB, EG, CINF, CNA, CB, PGR, and PSA
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), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Everest Group (EG), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), Chubb (CB), Progressive (PGR), and Public Storage (PSA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American International Group (NYSE:AIG) and The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, American International Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for American International Group and 6 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's score of 0.80 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 9.62% compared to American International Group's net margin of 7.87%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 19.05% beat American International Group's return on equity.
American International Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American International Group presently has a consensus target price of $69.07, indicating a potential upside of 5.40%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $85.43, indicating a potential upside of 9.13%. Given The Hartford Financial Services Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Hartford Financial Services Group is more favorable than American International Group.
American International Group received 214 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.91% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.
88.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of American International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services 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.
American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American International Group pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 25.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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