HIG vs. AIG, AIZ, CB, CNO, L, MET, MTG, ORI, PRU, and AFG
Should you be buying The Hartford Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hartford Insurance Group include American International Group (AIG), Assurant (AIZ), Chubb (CB), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Loews (L), MetLife (MET), MGIC Investment (MTG), Old Republic International (ORI), Prudential Financial (PRU), and American Financial Group (AFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The Hartford Insurance Group vs. Its Competitors
The Hartford Insurance Group (NYSE:HIG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
The Hartford Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $140.07, suggesting a potential upside of 12.02%. American International Group has a consensus target price of $89.81, suggesting a potential upside of 14.58%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Insurance Group.
93.4% of The Hartford Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hartford Insurance Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American International Group. The Hartford Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hartford Insurance Group has a net margin of 11.83% compared to American International Group's net margin of 11.51%. The Hartford Insurance Group's return on equity of 19.60% beat American International Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, American International Group had 1 more articles in the media than The Hartford Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for American International Group and 16 mentions for The Hartford Insurance Group. The Hartford Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat American International Group's score of 0.94 indicating that The Hartford Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Hartford Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. The Hartford Insurance Group pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out 34.1% 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. The Hartford Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and American International Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
The Hartford Insurance Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Hartford Insurance Group beats American International Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:HIG) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
