Progressive (PGR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PGR or TRV?

Progressive has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PGR or TRV?

Progressive received 25 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.78% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote while only 52.75% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Progressive	Outperform Votes 619 54.78%	Underperform Votes 511 45.22%
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 594 52.75%	Underperform Votes 532 47.25%

Is PGR or TRV a better dividend stock?

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 1.6%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PGR or TRV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Progressive	$78.51B	2.10	$8.48B	$14.83	18.94
Travelers Companies	$47.01B	1.31	$5.00B	$18.37	14.77

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PGR or TRV?

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

Is PGR or TRV more profitable?

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
Progressive	11.25%	33.79%	8.21%
Travelers Companies	10.77%	19.06%	3.83%

Do analysts prefer PGR or TRV?

Progressive currently has a consensus target price of $288.24, suggesting a potential upside of 2.62%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $270.42, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Does the media refer more to PGR or TRV?

In the previous week, Progressive had 10 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Progressive and 38 mentions for Travelers Companies. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Travelers Companies' score of 1.18 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Progressive	35 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Travelers Companies	26 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.