Travelers Companies (TRV) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, TRV or ALL?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allstate has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRV or ALL?

Allstate received 387 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.08% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 55.04% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 557 55.04%	Underperform Votes 455 44.96%
Allstate	Outperform Votes 944 70.08%	Underperform Votes 403 29.92%

Is TRV or ALL more profitable?

Travelers Companies has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Allstate's net margin of -3.51%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 10.41% beat Allstate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelers Companies	5.45%	10.41%	1.89%
Allstate	-3.51%	-10.95%	-1.55%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TRV or ALL?

Travelers Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Allstate. Allstate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, 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	$36.88B	1.12	$2.84B	$9.24	19.62
Allstate	$51.41B	0.71	-$1.31B	-$7.93	-17.57

Does the media prefer TRV or ALL?

In the previous week, Allstate had 12 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Allstate and 12 mentions for Travelers Companies. Allstate's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.53 indicating that Allstate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allstate	6 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TRV or ALL?

81.1% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Allstate shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRV or ALL a better dividend stock?

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Travelers Companies pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allstate pays out -44.9% 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. Allstate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer TRV or ALL?

Travelers Companies presently has a consensus target price of $192.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.93%. Allstate has a consensus target price of $135.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.74%. Given Travelers Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Allstate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelers Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Allstate	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Travelers Companies and Allstate tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.