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$193.14 +0.51 (+0.26%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AIZ vs. HIG, L, AFG, KMPR, GNW, HMN, AIG, BNT, BNRE, and IGIC

Should you be buying Assurant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assurant include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), and International General Insurance (IGIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Assurant vs.

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

The Hartford Financial Services Group received 374 more outperform votes than Assurant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.24% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 57.66% of users gave Assurant an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AssurantOutperform Votes
301
57.66%
Underperform Votes
221
42.34%
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
675
66.24%
Underperform Votes
344
33.76%

92.7% of Assurant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Assurant shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, The Hartford Financial Services Group had 6 more articles in the media than Assurant. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group and 25 mentions for Assurant. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Assurant's score of 1.04 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Assurant
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Hartford Financial Services Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Assurant currently has a consensus price target of $228.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.40%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $129.71, indicating a potential upside of 0.55%. Given Assurant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Assurant is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Assurant
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
The Hartford Financial Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

The Hartford Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Assurant. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assurant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Assurant$12.07B0.81$760.20M$12.8315.05
The Hartford Financial Services Group$26.76B1.37$3.11B$10.0312.86

Assurant pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Assurant pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 20.7% 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. Assurant has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and The Hartford Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Assurant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Assurant has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Assurant's net margin of 6.40%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 19.55% beat Assurant's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Assurant6.40% 17.25% 2.55%
The Hartford Financial Services Group 11.72%19.55%3.88%

Summary

The Hartford Financial Services Group beats Assurant on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AIZ vs. The Competition

MetricAssurantInsurance carriers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.82B$22.40B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.58%3.99%5.45%3.84%
P/E Ratio13.3552.4022.4234.53
Price / Sales0.810.8627.6234.83
Price / Cash9.3430.2617.6217.51
Price / Book1.941.402.774.69
Net Income$760.20M$2.10B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.16%-2.30%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance2.43%6.91%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance13.94%28.77%536.61%4.15%

Assurant Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIZ
Assurant
4.6969 of 5 stars
$193.14
+0.3%
$228.67
+18.4%
+13.9%$9.82B$12.07B13.3513,700News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.8027 of 5 stars
$128.50
+0.8%
$126.87
-1.3%
+26.0%$36.51B$26.76B12.4218,100News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
L
Loews
4.1551 of 5 stars
$89.19
+0.9%
$112.00
+25.6%
+15.3%$18.70B$17.50B13.9412,000News Coverage
Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.7265 of 5 stars
$123.35
+1.3%
$138.75
+12.5%
-7.6%$10.32B$8.25B11.676,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
KMPR
Kemper
4.8492 of 5 stars
$65.51
+1.9%
$79.40
+21.2%
+4.0%$4.19B$4.63B13.349,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
GNW
Genworth Financial
4.2338 of 5 stars
$7.21
+2.2%
N/A+5.2%$2.99B$7.08B10.602,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.6603 of 5 stars
$41.99
+0.0%
$43.67
+4.0%
+26.3%$1.71B$1.57B16.931,450Positive News
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
AIG
American International Group
4.464 of 5 stars
$83.47
+1.3%
$87.88
+5.3%
+3.9%$48.11B$27.28B-40.1326,200Positive News
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$58.63
+3.4%
N/AN/A$14.34B$14.34B183.2260News Coverage
Positive News
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$56.71
-2.3%
N/A+28.8%$8.25B$9.35B195.5660News Coverage
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.8008 of 5 stars
$22.90
-0.5%
$31.50
+37.6%
+61.6%$1.03B$538.45M7.48290High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:AIZ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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