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$40.68 -0.93 (-2.24%)
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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Employers11.37% 7.56% 2.29%
Safety Insurance Group 7.07%8.34%3.09%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Employers
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Safety Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Employers
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Safety Insurance Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Employers$880.70M1.09$118.60M$4.109.92
Safety Insurance Group$1.12B0.91$70.73M$5.7111.95

Summary

Employers and Safety Insurance Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EIG vs. The Competition

MetricEmployersINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$978.32M$12.36B$12.65B$21.97B
Dividend Yield3.08%2.14%5.55%3.59%
P/E Ratio9.9232.8832.6032.64
Price / Sales1.091.6029.7782.90
Price / Cash9.3829.4122.7924.53
Price / Book0.942.252.234.62
Net Income$118.60M$1.21B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.74%-0.17%0.11%1.64%
1 Month Performance-3.48%-4.80%-1.65%-0.07%
1 Year Performance-18.59%4.58%533.56%11.46%

Employers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIG
Employers
3.6831 of 5 stars
$40.68
-2.2%
$58.00
+42.6%
-17.8%$978.32M$880.70M9.92680
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
3.0228 of 5 stars
$69.97
-1.3%
N/A-18.6%$1.06B$1.12B12.25550News Coverage
TRUP
Trupanion
4.0857 of 5 stars
$42.06
-3.3%
$53.80
+27.9%
-20.7%$1.87B$1.29B161.781,130
L
Loews
1.5165 of 5 stars
$102.38
+0.7%
N/A+21.9%$21.09B$17.51B16.2813,000
HCI
HCI Group
3.3324 of 5 stars
$194.45
+0.5%
$181.25
-6.8%
+63.0%$2.51B$750.05M17.24530Trending News
HTH
Hilltop
4.5756 of 5 stars
$33.08
-0.2%
$32.00
-3.3%
-4.8%$2.09B$1.61B14.833,646News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
STC
Stewart Information Services
3.4732 of 5 stars
$69.65
-3.9%
$77.50
+11.3%
-3.4%$2.03B$2.49B22.407,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
PRA
ProAssurance
2.7772 of 5 stars
$24.15
0.0%
$21.50
-11.0%
+54.8%$1.24B$1.15B25.691,036
AMSF
AMERISAFE
4.4455 of 5 stars
$42.14
-2.3%
$57.50
+36.4%
-20.6%$819.07M$309.04M15.96350Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
UVE
Universal Insurance
4.1814 of 5 stars
$29.64
+4.5%
N/A+41.2%$803.40M$1.52B12.941,068Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
UFCS
United Fire Group
3.9805 of 5 stars
$31.25
+1.7%
$30.50
-2.4%
+47.2%$783.62M$1.25B8.901,090

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This page (NYSE:EIG) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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