Fidelis Insurance (FIHL) Competitors

Fidelis Insurance (NYSE:FIHL) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is FIHL or VOYA a better dividend stock?

Fidelis Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Fidelis Insurance pays out -307.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Voya Financial pays out 34.0% 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 raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Fidelis Insurance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FIHL or VOYA?

82.0% of Fidelis Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FIHL or VOYA more profitable?

Voya Financial has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Fidelis Insurance's net margin of -0.41%. Voya Financial's return on equity of 14.05% beat Fidelis Insurance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelis Insurance	-0.41%	0.20%	0.04%
Voya Financial	7.18%	14.05%	0.51%

Which has more risk and volatility, FIHL or VOYA?

Fidelis Insurance has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FIHL or VOYA?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 12 more articles in the media than Fidelis Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Voya Financial and 2 mentions for Fidelis Insurance. Fidelis Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.68 indicating that Fidelis Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelis Insurance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Voya Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FIHL or VOYA?

Fidelis Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 31.30%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $83.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. Given Fidelis Insurance's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fidelis Insurance is more favorable than Voya Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelis Insurance	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Voya Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FIHL or VOYA?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelis Insurance. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelis Insurance	$2.42B	0.72	$113.30M	-$0.13	-121.08
Voya Financial	$8.05B	0.87	$667M	$5.30	13.66

Summary

Voya Financial beats Fidelis Insurance on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.