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The Hanover Insurance Group (THG) Competitors

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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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Hanover Insurance Group6.98% 18.23% 3.38%
Cincinnati Financial 13.19%6.55%2.44%

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 2.4%. 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 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.

In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 2 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 7 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 1.11 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Hanover Insurance Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cincinnati Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The Hanover Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $181.38, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus price target of $155.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.31%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Cincinnati Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$6.24B0.95$426M$12.0113.73
Cincinnati Financial$11.34B2.01$2.29B$9.1715.92

Summary

Cincinnati Financial beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding THG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$5.96B$56.39B$12.01B$20.49B
Dividend Yield2.21%1.97%5.55%3.74%
P/E Ratio13.8117.8420.0027.90
Price / Sales0.952.6425.4639.35
Price / Cash11.8829.8221.4522.25
Price / Book2.093.042.274.59
Net Income$426M$4.66B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.55%-1.28%-0.15%0.11%
1 Month Performance-3.65%-0.41%2.73%3.55%
1 Year Performance32.03%28.43%540.03%13.79%

The Hanover Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.4878 of 5 stars
$164.88
+1.2%
$181.38
+10.0%
+33.3%$5.96B$6.24B13.814,900News Coverage
Positive News
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CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.7609 of 5 stars
$148.92
+1.8%
$150.50
+1.1%
+25.5%$23.28B$11.34B16.245,150Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
3.447 of 5 stars
$86.65
+0.8%
$94.00
+8.5%
-5.6%$5.27B$4.86B23.612,840Upcoming Earnings
ALL
Allstate
4.9847 of 5 stars
$201.42
+2.9%
$225.20
+11.8%
+22.3%$53.34B$64.11B13.7654,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AXS
Axis Capital
4.7823 of 5 stars
$103.85
+0.6%
$107.75
+3.8%
+41.0%$8.17B$5.96B10.301,876Analyst Forecast
CB
Chubb
4.8491 of 5 stars
$289.73
+1.6%
$307.53
+6.1%
+10.3%$116.10B$55.75B13.9443,000Positive News
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CNA
CNA Financial
3.7734 of 5 stars
$46.47
-0.1%
$50.50
+8.7%
-2.3%$12.58B$14.27B14.176,500
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.6765 of 5 stars
$126.86
+1.7%
$132.58
+4.5%
+22.1%$36.04B$26.54B12.6518,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
L
Loews
3.8278 of 5 stars
$91.73
+1.5%
$112.00
+22.1%
+22.0%$19.24B$17.51B15.0612,000News Coverage
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7908 of 5 stars
$38.44
+0.8%
$42.00
+9.3%
+24.6%$9.50B$8.23B15.639,400News Coverage
Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7232 of 5 stars
$267.65
+1.6%
$271.11
+1.3%
+25.6%$60.45B$47.01B14.5732,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
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