THG vs. FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, FAF, SIGI, WTM, AGO, and MCY
Should you be buying The Hanover Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hanover Insurance Group include Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), and Mercury General (MCY). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Fidelity National Financial has a net margin of 6.55% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 2.67%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 14.24% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.
Fidelity National Financial received 54 more outperform votes than The Hanover Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote.
81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned 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.
Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity National Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and The Hanover Insurance Group has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Fidelity National Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 8 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 3 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. The Hanover Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of -0.35 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidelity National Financial currently has a consensus price target of $55.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.73%. The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $146.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.49%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Fidelity National Financial.
Fidelity National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. Fidelity National Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fidelity National Financial beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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