Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Competitors

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend FNF or TRV?

Fidelity National Financial currently has a consensus price target of $71.60, suggesting a potential upside of 11.77%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $267.32, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Travelers Companies	3 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Does the media favor FNF or TRV?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 25 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Travelers Companies and 13 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 1.21 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Financial	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Travelers Companies	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FNF or TRV?

Travelers Companies received 172 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.08% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 421 64.08%	Underperform Votes 236 35.92%
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 593 52.80%	Underperform Votes 530 47.20%

Is FNF or TRV more profitable?

Travelers Companies has a net margin of 10.77% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 9.28%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 19.06% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Financial	9.28%	15.36%	1.42%
Travelers Companies	10.77%	19.06%	3.83%

Is FNF or TRV a better dividend stock?

Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% 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. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FNF or TRV?

Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, 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
Fidelity National Financial	$13.36B	1.32	$517M	$4.65	13.78
Travelers Companies	$47.01B	1.27	$5.00B	$18.37	14.39

Which has more risk and volatility, FNF or TRV?

Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FNF or TRV?

81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Fidelity National Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.