STC vs. RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, AGO, MCY, HTH, HCI, and PRA
Should you be buying Stewart Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stewart Information Services 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), Hilltop (HTH), HCI Group (HCI), and ProAssurance (PRA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Stewart Information Services vs. Its Competitors
Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RLI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stewart Information Services. RLI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stewart Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Stewart Information Services pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RLI pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stewart Information Services has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and RLI has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years.
Stewart Information Services currently has a consensus target price of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. RLI has a consensus target price of $78.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Given Stewart Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than RLI.
RLI has a net margin of 16.22% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 2.88%. RLI's return on equity of 16.26% beat Stewart Information Services' return on equity.
Stewart Information Services has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RLI had 2 more articles in the media than Stewart Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RLI and 3 mentions for Stewart Information Services. RLI's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 1.14 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RLI beats Stewart Information Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:STC) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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