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HTH vs. RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, AGO, MCY, STC, HCI, and SAFT

Should you be buying Hilltop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilltop include RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), and Safety Insurance Group (SAFT). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Hilltop vs. Its Competitors

RLI (NYSE:RLI) and Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, RLI had 5 more articles in the media than Hilltop. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RLI and 0 mentions for Hilltop. RLI's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Hilltop's score of 1.00 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
RLI Positive
Hilltop Positive

RLI has higher revenue and earnings than Hilltop. Hilltop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RLI$1.77B3.65$345.78M$3.0423.13
Hilltop$1.61B1.25$113.21M$1.9715.89

RLI has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilltop has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

77.9% of RLI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hilltop shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of RLI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Hilltop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

RLI has a net margin of 16.22% compared to Hilltop's net margin of 7.87%. RLI's return on equity of 16.26% beat Hilltop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RLI16.22% 16.26% 4.63%
Hilltop 7.87%5.79%0.80%

RLI presently has a consensus target price of $78.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.77%. Hilltop has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.43%. Given RLI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RLI is more favorable than Hilltop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RLI
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Hilltop
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

RLI pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. RLI pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilltop pays out 36.5% 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. RLI has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years and Hilltop has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Summary

RLI beats Hilltop on 16 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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HTH vs. The Competition

MetricHilltopBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.01B$1.88B$12.00B$20.43B
Dividend Yield2.37%2.73%5.61%3.76%
P/E Ratio15.8912.1619.9327.62
Price / Sales1.252.2825.6836.40
Price / Cash14.8111.9321.1721.79
Price / Book0.921.192.234.52
Net Income$113.21M$154.64M$1.00B$984.47M
7 Day Performance4.75%3.78%2.04%2.61%
1 Month Performance6.46%5.62%3.57%4.99%
1 Year Performance1.62%25.90%539.63%13.53%

Hilltop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTH
Hilltop
4.453 of 5 stars
$31.30
-0.1%
$33.00
+5.4%
+1.6%$2.01B$1.61B15.893,646Positive News
RLI
RLI
3.5308 of 5 stars
$73.69
+2.1%
$78.60
+6.7%
+1.8%$6.76B$1.77B24.241,147Positive News
FAF
First American Financial
4.2665 of 5 stars
$60.35
+2.5%
$75.00
+24.3%
+17.1%$6.21B$6.13B39.9719,038
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.2358 of 5 stars
$170.62
+1.5%
$179.50
+5.2%
+34.2%$6.13B$6.24B14.214,900
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
3.5606 of 5 stars
$87.44
+2.7%
$94.00
+7.5%
-7.6%$5.31B$4.98B23.832,840
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
1.8244 of 5 stars
$1,783.75
+2.1%
N/A+1.6%$4.58B$2.24B164.401,650Positive News
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.4007 of 5 stars
$87.16
+1.0%
$103.33
+18.6%
+10.7%$4.28B$872M10.41410News Coverage
Positive News
MCY
Mercury General
3.169 of 5 stars
$65.41
+2.1%
$80.00
+22.3%
+26.6%$3.62B$5.48B12.684,200
STC
Stewart Information Services
1.7983 of 5 stars
$65.68
+4.6%
$79.00
+20.3%
+6.0%$1.83B$2.49B25.267,000
HCI
HCI Group
4.3425 of 5 stars
$149.22
+1.5%
$181.25
+21.5%
+58.7%$1.72B$750.05M14.43530
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
2.8287 of 5 stars
$79.38
+1.9%
N/A+5.0%$1.18B$1.12B16.23550Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HTH) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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