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American International Group (AIG) Competitors

$65.53
+0.12 (+0.18%)
(As of 12/8/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$65.20
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$65.85
50-Day Range
$58.64
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$66.00
52-Week Range
$45.66
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$66.68
Volume
2.92 million shs
Average Volume
3.07 million shs
Market Capitalization
$46.00 billion
P/E Ratio
12.55
Dividend Yield
2.20%
Price Target
$69.07
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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 vs.

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American International Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American International Group7.87% 10.66% 0.89%
The Hartford Financial Services Group 9.62%19.05%3.51%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
The Hartford Financial Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American International GroupOutperform Votes
849
65.26%
Underperform Votes
452
34.74%
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
635
66.91%
Underperform Votes
314
33.09%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American International Group$51.03B0.90$10.28B$5.2212.55
The Hartford Financial Services Group$22.36B1.05$1.82B$7.2910.74

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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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AIG vs. The Competition

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MetricAmerican International GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$46.00B$38.02B$7.90B$15.79B
Dividend Yield2.20%2.58%10.80%3.67%
P/E Ratio12.5518.1835.6126.31
Price / Sales0.901.4960.225.14
Price / Cash5.7638.7230.0917.59
Price / Book1.171.982.196.56
Net Income$10.28B-$294.02M$744.09M$900.86M
7 Day Performance-0.67%0.06%1.05%2.63%
1 Month Performance2.68%5.54%6.90%12.83%
1 Year Performance4.83%22.46%9.36%7.28%

American International Group Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
2.6943 of 5 stars		$78.97
+0.4%		$85.43
+8.2%		+4.9%$23.75B$22.36B10.8318,800Insider Selling
News Coverage
L
Loews
2.4438 of 5 stars		$70.34
-0.5%		$170.00
+141.7%		+21.9%$15.68B$14.04B12.0412,050News Coverage
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
2.7955 of 5 stars		$81.85
-0.2%		$88.08
+7.6%		+32.1%$30.54B$12.46B10.555,800Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
WRB
W. R. Berkley
2.5591 of 5 stars		$73.21
-0.6%		$75.57
+3.2%		-3.0%$18.88B$11.17B14.768,186Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
EG
Everest Group
3.143 of 5 stars		$397.19
-0.5%		$458.00
+15.3%		N/A$17.23B$14.11B7.372,428Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
2.8478 of 5 stars		$103.17
-0.6%		$113.00
+9.5%		-2.9%$16.19B$6.56B9.765,148Insider Buying
News Coverage
Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
2.2036 of 5 stars		$43.24
+1.3%		$41.00
-5.2%		+0.3%$11.71B$11.88B10.846,100
CB
Chubb
2.7609 of 5 stars		$226.88
-0.5%		$242.46
+6.9%		+2.6%$92.56B$43.17B13.4034,000
PGR
Progressive
2.4988 of 5 stars		$163.53
+0.1%		$161.47
-1.3%		+24.6%$95.67B$49.61B35.4755,100Dividend Announcement
PSA
Public Storage
2.7137 of 5 stars		$268.83
-0.2%		$295.71
+10.0%		-8.0%$47.27B$4.18B24.645,900News Coverage

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