FIHL vs. VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, BWIN, FG, PLMR, GSHD, OSCR, and BHF
Should you be buying Fidelis Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelis Insurance include Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Palomar (PLMR), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Oscar Health (OSCR), and Brighthouse Financial (BHF). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Fidelis Insurance vs. Its Competitors
Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and Fidelis Insurance (NYSE:FIHL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Fidelis Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Voya Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelis Insurance has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Voya Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelis Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Voya Financial and 5 mentions for Fidelis Insurance. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Fidelis Insurance's score of 0.30 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Fidelis Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Voya Financial pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelis Insurance pays out -307.7% 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. Voya Financial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Voya Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Voya Financial presently has a consensus target price of $81.92, suggesting a potential upside of 23.44%. Fidelis Insurance has a consensus target price of $20.14, suggesting a potential upside of 24.11%. Given Fidelis Insurance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelis Insurance is more favorable than Voya Financial.
Fidelis Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Voya Financial. Fidelis Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Voya Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidelis Insurance has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Fidelis Insurance's return on equity of 15.27% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.
Voya Financial received 595 more outperform votes than Fidelis Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.47% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Fidelis Insurance an outperform vote.
Summary
Voya Financial beats Fidelis Insurance on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FIHL) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
