HVRRY vs. WTW, MTB, LGGNY, CFG, OMF, RAIFY, FCFS, GHLD, VINP, and LGVC
Should you be buying Hannover Rück stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hannover Rück include Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), M&T Bank (MTB), Legal & General Group (LGGNY), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), OneMain (OMF), Raiffeisen Bank International (RAIFY), FirstCash (FCFS), Guild (GHLD), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), and LAMF Global Ventures Corp. I (LGVC).
Hannover Rück vs.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) and Hannover Rück (OTCMKTS:HVRRY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a net margin of 12.18% compared to Hannover Rück's net margin of 5.26%. Hannover Rück's return on equity of 17.89% beat Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity.
Hannover Rück received 193 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.04% of users gave Hannover Rück an outperform vote while only 20.93% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus price target of $264.54, suggesting a potential upside of 17.98%. Hannover Rück has a consensus price target of $183.67, suggesting a potential upside of 71.22%. Given Hannover Rück's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hannover Rück is more favorable than Willis Towers Watson Public.
Hannover Rück has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Hannover Rück is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willis Towers Watson Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hannover Rück has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Willis Towers Watson Public had 6 more articles in the media than Hannover Rück. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public and 1 mentions for Hannover Rück. Hannover Rück's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.05 indicating that Hannover Rück is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hannover Rück pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hannover Rück pays out 28.3% 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. Hannover Rück is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
93.8% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Willis Towers Watson Public 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.
Summary
Willis Towers Watson Public beats Hannover Rück on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HVRRY 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 OTCMKTS 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.
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