Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, ALL or FNF?

Allstate has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Financial. Allstate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National 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
Allstate	$65.32B	0.80	$4.67B	$14.64	13.44
Fidelity National Financial	$12.78B	1.20	$517M	$4.04	13.86

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ALL or FNF?

76.5% of Allstate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Allstate shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ALL or FNF?

Allstate currently has a consensus target price of $225.20, suggesting a potential upside of 14.48%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus target price of $71.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.91%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Allstate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allstate	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is ALL or FNF more profitable?

Fidelity National Financial has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Allstate's net margin of 7.28%. Allstate's return on equity of 28.20% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allstate	7.28%	28.20%	4.58%
Fidelity National Financial	9.28%	15.36%	1.42%

Is ALL or FNF a better dividend stock?

Allstate pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Allstate pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 49.5% 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. Allstate has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Fidelity National Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer ALL or FNF?

In the previous week, Allstate had 16 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Allstate and 10 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Allstate's score of 1.11 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allstate	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALL or FNF?

Allstate received 587 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 64.08% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allstate	Outperform Votes 1008 70.44%	Underperform Votes 423 29.56%
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 421 64.08%	Underperform Votes 236 35.92%

Which has more volatility and risk, ALL or FNF?

Allstate has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Allstate beats Fidelity National Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.