EIG vs. SAFT, TRUP, L, HCI, HTH, STC, PRA, AMSF, UVE, and UFCS
Should you be buying Employers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Employers include Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Trupanion (TRUP), Loews (L), HCI Group (HCI), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), ProAssurance (PRA), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Universal Insurance (UVE), and United Fire Group (UFCS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Employers vs. Its Competitors
Employers (NYSE:EIG) and Safety Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SAFT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
80.5% of Employers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Employers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Employers has a net margin of 11.37% compared to Safety Insurance Group's net margin of 7.07%. Safety Insurance Group's return on equity of 8.34% beat Employers' return on equity.
Employers currently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.58%. Given Employers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Employers is more favorable than Safety Insurance Group.
In the previous week, Employers and Employers both had 1 articles in the media. Safety Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Employers' score of 0.45 indicating that Safety Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Employers has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Safety Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Employers pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safety Insurance Group pays out 64.4% 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. Employers has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Employers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Safety Insurance Group. Employers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safety Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Employers and Safety Insurance Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EIG) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff