ALL vs. TRV, ACGL, CINF, CNA, PGR, AIG, HIG, L, EG, and RNR
Should you be buying Allstate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allstate include Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Everest Group (EG), and RenaissanceRe (RNR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Allstate (NYSE:ALL) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Allstate pays out -296.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% 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. Allstate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Travelers Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allstate. Allstate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Allstate currently has a consensus price target of $173.71, indicating a potential downside of 0.97%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $223.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.16%. Given Travelers Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Allstate.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Allstate's net margin of -0.33%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 13.94% beat Allstate's return on equity.
Allstate received 394 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.21% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 45 more articles in the media than Allstate. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Travelers Companies and 28 mentions for Allstate. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Allstate's score of 0.18 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allstate has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.5% of Allstate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Allstate shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Allstate on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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