Fidelis Insurance (FIHL) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Is VOYA or FIHL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%
Fidelis Insurance	20.17%	15.27%	3.36%

Is VOYA or FIHL a better dividend stock?

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 2.4%. 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 raised 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VOYA or FIHL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 618 67.47%	Underperform Votes 298 32.53%
Fidelis Insurance	Outperform Votes 23 53.49%	Underperform Votes 20 46.51%

Do analysts rate VOYA or FIHL?

Voya Financial currently has a consensus price target of $81.92, indicating a potential upside of 24.51%. Fidelis Insurance has a consensus price target of $20.14, indicating a potential upside of 22.64%. Given Voya Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Fidelis Insurance.

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VOYA or FIHL?

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, VOYA or FIHL?

Voya Financial has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelis Insurance has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VOYA or FIHL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Voya Financial	$7.83B	0.81	$667M	$5.30	12.41
Fidelis Insurance	$2.55B	0.71	$2.13B	-$0.13	-126.34

Does the media refer more to VOYA or FIHL?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Fidelis Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Voya Financial and 5 mentions for Fidelis Insurance. Fidelis Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Voya Financial's score of 1.00 indicating that Fidelis Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Voya Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelis Insurance	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Voya Financial beats Fidelis Insurance on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.