EIG vs. WTM, AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, SAFT, AMSF, HCI, PRA, and UFCS
Should you be buying Employers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Employers include White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), HCI Group (HCI), ProAssurance (PRA), and United Fire Group (UFCS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) and Employers (NYSE:EIG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Employers pays out 25.4% 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.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a net margin of 24.81% compared to White Mountains Insurance Group's net margin of 14.16%. White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity of 10.49% beat Employers' return on equity.
Employers received 58 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Employers an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote.
White Mountains Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Employers. White Mountains Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Employers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, White Mountains Insurance Group and White Mountains Insurance Group both had 2 articles in the media. Employers' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat White Mountains Insurance Group's score of 0.50 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Employers shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Employers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Employers has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Employers has a consensus price target of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Given White Mountains Insurance Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Employers is more favorable than White Mountains Insurance Group.
Summary
White Mountains Insurance Group beats Employers on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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