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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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Hartford Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Hartford Insurance Group$26.54B1.32$3.11B$11.0311.34
American International Group$27.25B1.59-$1.40B$5.2814.85

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Hartford Insurance Group11.83% 19.60% 3.97%
American International Group 11.51%7.88%2.04%

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.

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

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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HIG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Hartford Insurance GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.82B$57.41B$12.65B$22.00B
Dividend Yield1.68%1.92%5.58%3.60%
P/E Ratio11.3416.2421.1632.73
Price / Sales1.322.6830.4561.31
Price / Cash10.7929.0122.4024.48
Price / Book2.252.952.254.67
Net Income$3.11B$4.66B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.82%-2.16%-0.71%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-4.38%-1.18%-1.37%-0.17%
1 Year Performance4.13%18.08%535.73%11.29%

The Hartford Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.8546 of 5 stars
$125.04
+1.0%
$140.07
+12.0%
+3.4%$34.82B$26.54B11.3419,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIG
American International Group
4.9659 of 5 stars
$77.71
+0.4%
$89.81
+15.6%
+1.1%$43.05B$27.25B14.7222,200
AIZ
Assurant
4.961 of 5 stars
$209.14
+0.0%
$243.00
+16.2%
+8.5%$10.55B$11.88B15.1414,200Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.9787 of 5 stars
$268.16
0.0%
$305.28
+13.8%
-9.6%$106.91B$55.75B11.8343,000Trending News
Earnings Report
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.4424 of 5 stars
$39.50
+1.4%
$43.60
+10.4%
+12.4%$3.83B$4.45B14.583,500Positive News
L
Loews
1.4683 of 5 stars
$99.24
+0.4%
N/A+22.7%$20.59B$17.51B15.7813,000Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9865 of 5 stars
$78.78
+0.4%
$95.18
+20.8%
-6.9%$52.39B$70.99B13.3545,000Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.899 of 5 stars
$27.06
+0.5%
$26.83
-0.8%
+7.1%$6.24B$1.21B8.87680Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ORI
Old Republic International
4.8211 of 5 stars
$41.79
+0.7%
$47.00
+12.5%
+16.8%$10.38B$8.23B14.319,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8638 of 5 stars
$101.55
+0.9%
$122.27
+20.4%
-18.8%$35.75B$68.05B22.5238,196Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AFG
American Financial Group
4.6642 of 5 stars
$130.63
-0.4%
$136.75
+4.7%
-2.0%$10.89B$8.32B14.358,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HIG) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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