HMN vs. THG, GNW, KMPR, AIG, HIG, L, AFG, AIZ, MTG, and ACT
Should you be buying Horace Mann Educators stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horace Mann Educators include The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Genworth Financial (GNW), Kemper (KMPR), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), MGIC Investment (MTG), and Enact (ACT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Horace Mann Educators vs. Its Competitors
The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
The Hanover Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of $185.13, suggesting a potential upside of 5.82%. Horace Mann Educators has a consensus target price of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.05%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hanover Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Horace Mann Educators. The Hanover Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horace Mann Educators, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Horace Mann Educators pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horace Mann Educators pays out 41.4% 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 Hanover Insurance Group has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Horace Mann Educators has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Horace Mann Educators' net margin of 8.49%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 20.24% beat Horace Mann Educators' return on equity.
In the previous week, The Hanover Insurance Group had 3 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 6 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
The Hanover Insurance Group beats Horace Mann Educators on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMN) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff