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PGR vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, and ORI

Should you be buying Progressive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progressive include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), and Old Republic International (ORI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Progressive vs.

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Progressive has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Progressive received 23 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.71% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ProgressiveOutperform Votes
616
54.71%
Underperform Votes
510
45.29%
Travelers CompaniesOutperform Votes
593
52.80%
Underperform Votes
530
47.20%

In the previous week, Progressive had 18 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Progressive and 40 mentions for Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Progressive's score of 1.06 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Progressive
37 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Travelers Companies
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Progressive has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.79% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Progressive11.25% 33.79% 8.21%
Travelers Companies 10.77%19.06%3.83%

Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Progressive pays out 2.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% 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. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Progressive currently has a consensus target price of $287.41, indicating a potential upside of 1.99%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $267.32, indicating a potential upside of 1.13%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Progressive is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Progressive
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
Travelers Companies
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Progressive$78.51B2.10$8.48B$14.8319.00
Travelers Companies$47.01B1.27$5.00B$18.3714.39

Summary

Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PGR vs. The Competition

MetricProgressiveFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$165.21B$49.07B$11.11B$18.96B
Dividend Yield0.15%2.34%5.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio19.5711.4421.9932.71
Price / Sales2.106.1226.0827.84
Price / Cash39.5016.8117.6017.53
Price / Book6.452.272.654.47
Net Income$8.48B$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance6.27%0.56%0.57%0.50%
1 Month Performance-0.83%0.30%-0.43%-2.83%
1 Year Performance33.07%19.88%537.63%4.36%

Progressive Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PGR
Progressive
4.0625 of 5 stars
$276.82
-1.7%
$287.41
+3.8%
+35.3%$162.46B$78.51B19.2455,100Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7621 of 5 stars
$249.08
-2.6%
$267.32
+7.3%
+24.6%$56.47B$47.01B11.6032,500Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.745 of 5 stars
$185.34
-4.8%
$219.27
+18.3%
+16.6%$49.12B$64.12B10.9154,500Earnings Report
News Coverage
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9589 of 5 stars
$89.28
-3.6%
$114.88
+28.7%
-3.1%$33.54B$16.93B7.975,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.6984 of 5 stars
$66.78
-2.9%
$66.59
-0.3%
+39.7%$25.32B$13.69B15.308,190Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MKL
Markel Group
3.5529 of 5 stars
$1,703.80
-3.7%
$1,702.20
-0.1%
+24.2%$21.66B$16.75B8.5620,900Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.6205 of 5 stars
$126.81
-4.1%
$147.40
+16.2%
+20.3%$19.85B$11.34B8.735,150Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.8033 of 5 stars
$393.80
-4.2%
N/A-6.3%$18.19B$3.86B36.846,040Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.4196 of 5 stars
$59.14
-4.3%
$71.60
+21.1%
+29.4%$16.26B$13.36B12.7228,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.6638 of 5 stars
$46.32
-3.4%
$50.50
+9.0%
+9.5%$12.51B$14.00B13.166,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7302 of 5 stars
$36.47
-3.6%
$43.00
+17.9%
+25.8%$9.01B$8.23B13.879,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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