CB vs. PGR, AIG, TRV, ALL, ACGL, HIG, MMC, TD, HDB, and IBN
Should you be buying Chubb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chubb include Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), HDFC Bank (HDB), and ICICI Bank (IBN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Chubb has a net margin of 17.99% compared to Progressive's net margin of 8.89%. Progressive's return on equity of 29.43% beat Chubb's return on equity.
Chubb currently has a consensus price target of $266.89, suggesting a potential upside of 8.50%. Progressive has a consensus price target of $211.88, suggesting a potential upside of 0.86%. Given Chubb's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Progressive.
Chubb received 157 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.
83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Chubb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Progressive. Chubb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Chubb pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 4.1% 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.
In the previous week, Chubb had 12 more articles in the media than Progressive. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Chubb and 20 mentions for Progressive. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Progressive's score of 0.65 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chubb has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chubb beats Progressive on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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