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The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) Competitors

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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

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

American International Group presently has a consensus price target of $88.19, indicating a potential upside of 10.37%. The Hartford Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $133.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.12%. Given American International Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Insurance Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
The Hartford Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

The Hartford Insurance Group has a net margin of 11.10% compared to American International Group's net margin of -7.05%. The Hartford Insurance Group's return on equity of 18.73% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American International Group-7.05% 7.13% 1.87%
The Hartford Insurance Group 11.10%18.73%3.74%

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 an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American International Group pays out -67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Insurance Group pays out 20.7% 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. American International Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and The Hartford Insurance 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 Insurance Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American International Group. American International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hartford Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American International Group$27.25B1.69-$1.40B-$2.66-30.04
The Hartford Insurance Group$26.54B1.32$3.11B$10.0312.33

90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of American International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Hartford Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, The Hartford Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than American International Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for The Hartford Insurance Group and 17 mentions for American International Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat The Hartford Insurance Group's score of 1.23 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American International Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Hartford Insurance Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American International Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Insurance Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The Hartford Insurance Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 19 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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HIG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Hartford Insurance GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.11B$56.79B$12.27B$21.02B
Dividend Yield1.69%1.99%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio12.3217.1019.0427.75
Price / Sales1.322.6626.4260.10
Price / Cash10.7429.1621.8423.00
Price / Book2.222.972.264.67
Net Income$3.11B$4.66B$998.01M$994.49M
7 Day Performance0.64%0.32%0.72%1.25%
1 Month Performance-0.34%0.78%4.17%5.50%
1 Year Performance20.84%23.34%540.58%11.11%

The Hartford Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.7446 of 5 stars
$123.62
+0.5%
$133.67
+8.1%
+20.6%$35.11B$26.54B12.3219,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
AIG
American International Group
4.8079 of 5 stars
$80.81
-0.5%
$88.12
+9.0%
+5.4%$46.57B$27.25B-30.3822,200Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.8147 of 5 stars
$186.00
-1.1%
$228.83
+23.0%
+8.7%$9.46B$11.88B14.5014,200Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.9661 of 5 stars
$274.06
0.0%
$307.13
+12.1%
+4.0%$109.82B$56.73B13.1943,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.4426 of 5 stars
$37.14
-1.5%
$41.00
+10.4%
+23.2%$3.68B$4.45B12.993,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
L
Loews
3.7151 of 5 stars
$91.25
-1.2%
$112.00
+22.7%
+17.2%$19.13B$17.51B14.9813,000Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9887 of 5 stars
$76.29
-1.1%
$95.50
+25.2%
+4.4%$51.22B$70.99B12.4145,000Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.7888 of 5 stars
$25.48
+1.1%
$26.88
+5.5%
+9.4%$6.05B$1.21B8.46680Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ORI
Old Republic International
4.673 of 5 stars
$36.45
-1.0%
$42.00
+15.2%
+11.8%$9.01B$8.23B14.829,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9179 of 5 stars
$102.06
-1.2%
$121.62
+19.2%
-15.4%$36.13B$68.05B16.1738,196Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
AFG
American Financial Group
4.673 of 5 stars
$125.86
-1.3%
$140.00
+11.2%
+1.0%$10.53B$8.32B13.228,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HIG) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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