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The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) Competitors

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$121.97 -0.70 (-0.57%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$121.84 -0.13 (-0.11%)
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HIG vs. AIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, CB, TRV, and ALL

Should you be buying The Hartford Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hartford Financial Services Group include American International Group (AIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Chubb (CB), Travelers Companies (TRV), and Allstate (ALL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

The Hartford Financial Services Group vs.

The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

The Hartford Financial Services 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 $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out -76.9% 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 Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.72% compared to American International Group's net margin of -4.25%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 19.55% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Hartford Financial Services Group11.72% 19.55% 3.88%
American International Group -4.25%8.01%1.39%

The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

American International Group received 209 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.34% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 64.55% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Hartford Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
674
66.34%
Underperform Votes
342
33.66%
American International GroupOutperform Votes
883
64.55%
Underperform Votes
485
35.45%

The Hartford Financial Services Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American International Group. American International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hartford Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Hartford Financial Services Group$26.76B1.30$3.11B$10.0312.16
American International Group$27.27B1.76-$1.40B-$2.08-38.77

The Hartford Financial Services Group presently has a consensus price target of $126.87, indicating a potential upside of 4.01%. American International Group has a consensus price target of $87.65, indicating a potential upside of 8.69%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Hartford Financial Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

In the previous week, The Hartford Financial Services Group had 11 more articles in the media than American International Group. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group and 25 mentions for American International Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's score of 0.83 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Hartford Financial Services Group
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American International Group
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HIG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Hartford Financial Services GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.65B$48.78B$11.10B$18.96B
Dividend Yield1.73%2.32%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.7811.3622.1032.87
Price / Sales1.306.3226.3328.03
Price / Cash10.2816.8117.6017.52
Price / Book2.192.262.674.47
Net Income$3.11B$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.68%1.01%0.72%0.59%
1 Month Performance-2.41%-0.68%-0.57%-3.54%
1 Year Performance25.11%20.72%537.58%3.80%

The Hartford Financial Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.6526 of 5 stars
$121.97
-0.6%
$126.87
+4.0%
+25.5%$34.65B$26.76B11.7818,100Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
AIG
American International Group
4.6385 of 5 stars
$79.35
-2.2%
$87.65
+10.5%
+6.3%$47.25B$27.27B-38.1526,200Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
L
Loews
4.2771 of 5 stars
$83.34
-2.3%
$112.00
+34.4%
+13.2%$17.53B$17.24B13.0212,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.7008 of 5 stars
$125.49
-1.9%
$139.00
+10.8%
-1.8%$10.50B$8.28B11.876,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.771 of 5 stars
$183.87
-2.7%
$234.17
+27.4%
+9.7%$9.35B$11.88B12.7113,700Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
KMPR
Kemper
4.7689 of 5 stars
$55.21
-2.6%
$81.60
+47.8%
+1.1%$3.53B$4.63B11.249,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
GNW
Genworth Financial
2.2561 of 5 stars
$6.39
-4.1%
N/A+12.3%$2.66B$7.14B9.402,500Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.1122 of 5 stars
$38.79
-2.9%
$43.67
+12.6%
+9.6%$1.59B$1.55B15.641,450Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CB
Chubb
4.6412 of 5 stars
$280.39
-1.8%
$307.21
+9.6%
+13.5%$112.35B$56.01B12.3434,000Short Interest ↑
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7668 of 5 stars
$249.90
-2.3%
$267.32
+7.0%
+22.9%$56.66B$47.01B11.6432,500Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.9227 of 5 stars
$186.95
-4.0%
$219.27
+17.3%
+14.9%$49.55B$64.12B11.0054,500Earnings Report
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This page (NYSE:HIG) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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