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The Hanover Insurance Group (THG) Competitors

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THG vs. CINF, AFG, 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), American Financial Group (AFG), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 15.59% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 8.67%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 20.24% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Hanover Insurance Group8.67% 20.24% 3.92%
Cincinnati Financial 15.59%7.14%2.66%

The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 30.2% 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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Cincinnati Financial has increased 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Hanover Insurance Group$6.24B0.99$426M$15.1911.41
Cincinnati Financial$11.34B2.12$2.29B$11.5313.36

The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The Hanover Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $185.13, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus price target of $159.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.47%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Hanover Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Cincinnati Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, The Hanover Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Financial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 20 mentions for Cincinnati Financial. The Hanover Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 1.10 indicating that The Hanover Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Hanover Insurance Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cincinnati Financial
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Cincinnati Financial beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 10 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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THG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Hanover Insurance GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.12B$55.24B$12.20B$20.65B
Dividend Yield2.10%1.98%5.64%3.66%
P/E Ratio11.4116.6219.7429.27
Price / Sales0.992.6526.4762.24
Price / Cash12.4828.4021.3823.31
Price / Book1.932.872.124.37
Net Income$426M$4.66B$1.00B$996.36M
7 Day Performance1.05%1.48%0.32%0.59%
1 Month Performance6.85%0.40%0.38%0.23%
1 Year Performance31.85%27.07%544.60%16.71%

The Hanover Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.9783 of 5 stars
$173.36
+1.3%
$185.13
+6.8%
+32.5%$6.12B$6.24B11.414,900Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.669 of 5 stars
$147.10
-1.5%
$155.25
+5.5%
+21.5%$23.35B$11.34B16.045,624Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AFG
American Financial Group
4.287 of 5 stars
$125.05
-0.9%
$140.00
+12.0%
+2.6%$10.56B$8.32B13.148,700Trending News
Earnings Report
ALL
Allstate
4.986 of 5 stars
$191.93
-1.9%
$227.07
+18.3%
+23.1%$51.82B$64.11B13.1155,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AXS
Axis Capital
4.5949 of 5 stars
$96.32
-0.7%
$108.25
+12.4%
+32.3%$7.63B$5.96B9.561,876Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CB
Chubb
4.9735 of 5 stars
$265.87
-1.2%
$303.14
+14.0%
+1.7%$107.86B$55.75B11.7343,000
CNA
CNA Financial
3.3326 of 5 stars
$43.90
-1.2%
$50.50
+15.0%
-1.7%$12.02B$14.27B13.386,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.681 of 5 stars
$121.27
-1.7%
$133.67
+10.2%
+22.6%$35.04B$26.54B12.0919,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
L
Loews
1.8664 of 5 stars
$90.36
-1.4%
$112.00
+23.9%
+23.3%$19.22B$17.51B14.8413,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
ORI
Old Republic International
4.4813 of 5 stars
$35.92
+0.2%
$41.50
+15.5%
+11.3%$8.86B$8.23B12.309,400Positive News
Insider Trade
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7961 of 5 stars
$254.71
-2.4%
$275.56
+8.2%
+28.5%$58.77B$46.42B11.2734,000Positive News

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