THG vs. CINF, SIGI, ALL, AXS, CB, CNA, HIG, L, ORI, and TRV
Should you be buying The Hanover Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hanover Insurance Group include Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Allstate (ALL), Axis Capital (AXS), Chubb (CB), CNA Financial (CNA), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Loews (L), Old Republic International (ORI), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The Hanover Insurance Group vs. Its Competitors
The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 13.19% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 6.98%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 18.23% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.
86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 37.9% 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 Cincinnati Financial has raised its dividend for 65 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hanover Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $179.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $150.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.32%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.
Cincinnati Financial has higher revenue and earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. The Hanover Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cincinnati Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 8 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 4 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 1.30 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cincinnati Financial beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:THG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
