Travelers Companies (TRV) Competitors

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRV or PGR?

Progressive received 23 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.71% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 593 52.80%	Underperform Votes 530 47.20%
Progressive	Outperform Votes 616 54.71%	Underperform Votes 510 45.29%

Is TRV or PGR a better dividend stock?

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Progressive pays out 2.7% 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. Travelers Companies has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TRV or PGR?

82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TRV or PGR more profitable?

Progressive has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.79% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelers Companies	10.77%	19.06%	3.83%
Progressive	11.25%	33.79%	8.21%

Do analysts prefer TRV or PGR?

Travelers Companies presently has a consensus target price of $267.32, indicating a potential upside of 0.42%. Progressive has a consensus target price of $287.41, indicating a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Progressive is more favorable than Travelers Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelers Companies	3 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
Progressive	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRV or PGR?

Progressive has higher revenue and earnings than Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travelers Companies	$47.01B	1.28	$5.00B	$18.37	14.49
Progressive	$78.51B	2.10	$8.48B	$14.83	18.99

Which has more risk and volatility, TRV or PGR?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TRV or PGR?

In the previous week, Progressive had 20 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Progressive and 34 mentions for Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Progressive's score of 1.06 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Progressive	36 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.