EIG vs. AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, PRA, SAFT, AMSF, UVE, and UFCS
Should you be buying Employers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Employers include Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), ProAssurance (PRA), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Universal Insurance (UVE), and United Fire Group (UFCS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Employers vs. Its Competitors
Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and Employers (NYSE:EIG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 45.58% compared to Employers' net margin of 11.99%. Employers' return on equity of 9.21% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.
Assured Guaranty has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Employers has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Assured Guaranty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Employers. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Employers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Assured Guaranty pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Employers pays out 31.1% 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. Assured Guaranty has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Employers has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Assured Guaranty currently has a consensus price target of $103.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.56%. Employers has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.91%. Given Employers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Employers is more favorable than Assured Guaranty.
92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Employers shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Employers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 3 more articles in the media than Employers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 2 mentions for Employers. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Employers' score of 0.00 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats Employers on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EIG) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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