UVE vs. HCI, HTH, STC, PRA, SAFT, EIG, AMSF, UFCS, DGICA, and ITIC
Should you be buying Universal Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Insurance include HCI Group (HCI), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), ProAssurance (PRA), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), United Fire Group (UFCS), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Universal Insurance vs. Its Competitors
Universal Insurance (NYSE:UVE) and HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Universal Insurance has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCI Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HCI Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Universal Insurance. Universal Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HCI Group had 3 more articles in the media than Universal Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HCI Group and 0 mentions for Universal Insurance. Universal Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat HCI Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Universal Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HCI Group has a consensus price target of $181.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.46%. Given HCI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Universal Insurance.
Universal Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Universal Insurance pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HCI Group pays out 14.2% 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.
66.6% of Universal Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of HCI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Universal Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of HCI Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
HCI Group has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Universal Insurance's net margin of 4.24%. HCI Group's return on equity of 25.84% beat Universal Insurance's return on equity.
Summary
HCI Group beats Universal Insurance on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UVE) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff