Universal Insurance (NYSE:UVE) Vs. PGR, TRV, ALL, CINF, MKL, ACGL, FNF, WRB, CNA, and FAF
Should you be buying Universal Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Insurance include Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), CNA Financial (CNA), and First American Financial (FAF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Universal Insurance vs.
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Universal Insurance (NYSE:UVE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Travelers Companies received 298 more outperform votes than Universal Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.21% of users gave Universal Insurance an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Insurance. Universal Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.2% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Universal Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Universal Insurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 10.64% compared to Universal Insurance's net margin of 4.61%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 12.15% beat Universal Insurance's return on equity.
Travelers Companies currently has a consensus price target of $162.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Travelers Companies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Universal Insurance.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Universal Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Insurance pays out 39.8% 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 increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Insurance has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Universal Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Travelers Companies and 2 mentions for Universal Insurance. Universal Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Travelers Companies' score of -0.16 indicating that Universal Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Universal Insurance on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UVE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Universal Insurance (NYSE:UVE) vs. Its Competitors
Universal Insurance Competitors List
