Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Competitors

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

Is TRV or FNF a better dividend stock?

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% 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. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Fidelity National Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is TRV or FNF 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
Travelers Companies	10.77%	19.06%	3.83%
Fidelity National Financial	9.28%	15.36%	1.42%

Which has more volatility and risk, TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies currently has a consensus price target of $270.42, indicating a potential downside of 1.19%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus price target of $71.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.97%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRV or FNF?

Travelers Companies received 173 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 52.75% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 594 52.75%	Underperform Votes 532 47.25%
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 421 64.08%	Underperform Votes 236 35.92%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TRV or FNF?

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, TRV or FNF?

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
Travelers Companies	$47.01B	1.32	$5.00B	$18.37	14.90
Fidelity National Financial	$12.78B	1.21	$517M	$4.04	13.96

Does the media prefer TRV or FNF?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 30 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Travelers Companies and 12 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Travelers Companies' score of 1.16 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
Travelers Companies	28 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Fidelity National Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.