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EIG vs. SAFT, TRUP, L, THG, AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, and PRA

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), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), and ProAssurance (PRA). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

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$880.70M1.28$118.60M$4.1211.38
Safety Insurance Group$1.12B1.00$70.73M$4.8915.32

Employers has a net margin of 11.99% compared to Safety Insurance Group's net margin of 6.29%. Employers' return on equity of 9.21% beat Safety Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Employers11.99% 9.21% 2.75%
Safety Insurance Group 6.29%7.99%2.97%

80.5% of Employers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Employers has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Employers had 1 more articles in the media than Safety Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Employers and 1 mentions for Safety Insurance Group. Safety Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Employers' score of 0.56 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Safety Insurance Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Safety Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Employers pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safety Insurance Group pays out 73.6% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.68%. Given Employers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Safety Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Employers beats Safety Insurance Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EIG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$1.14B$12.02B$11.92B$20.52B
Dividend Yield2.71%2.06%5.56%3.78%
P/E Ratio11.3810.7419.9827.79
Price / Sales1.281.6825.3240.34
Price / Cash10.6533.9921.4422.26
Price / Book1.082.442.264.58
Net Income$118.60M$1.21B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.18%-0.57%0.22%0.41%
1 Month Performance-0.38%3.06%2.87%3.59%
1 Year Performance11.37%34.05%541.16%14.47%

Employers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIG
Employers
2.9956 of 5 stars
$46.63
-0.4%
$58.00
+24.4%
+10.8%$1.12B$880.70M11.32680
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
2.8497 of 5 stars
$79.39
+0.7%
N/A-3.0%$1.17B$1.12B16.24550High Trading Volume
TRUP
Trupanion
2.5234 of 5 stars
$55.35
-1.2%
$51.80
-6.4%
+80.9%$2.40B$1.29B-553.441,130
L
Loews
3.5912 of 5 stars
$91.73
+1.5%
$112.00
+22.1%
+23.2%$18.96B$17.51B15.0613,000
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
4.0831 of 5 stars
$169.62
+1.3%
$179.50
+5.8%
+29.6%$6.02B$6.24B14.124,900Positive News
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AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.3416 of 5 stars
$87.12
-0.5%
$103.33
+18.6%
+10.5%$4.30B$872M10.41410Positive News
MCY
Mercury General
3.4653 of 5 stars
$67.27
+1.8%
$80.00
+18.9%
+24.8%$3.66B$5.48B13.044,200
HTH
Hilltop
4.4168 of 5 stars
$30.39
+0.1%
$33.00
+8.6%
+2.9%$1.95B$1.61B15.433,646
STC
Stewart Information Services
2.6228 of 5 stars
$65.27
+0.0%
$79.00
+21.0%
+3.4%$1.82B$2.49B25.107,000News Coverage
Positive News
HCI
HCI Group
4.8146 of 5 stars
$152.18
+0.7%
$181.25
+19.1%
+66.0%$1.74B$750.05M14.72530Dividend Announcement
PRA
ProAssurance
2.0932 of 5 stars
$22.84
+0.0%
$21.00
-8.1%
+109.4%$1.17B$1.15B27.851,036News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:EIG) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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