AIG vs. HIG, L, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, EG, CINF, CB, and PGR
Should you be buying American International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American International Group include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Everest Group (EG), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Chubb (CB), and Progressive (PGR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out 21.5% 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. The Hartford Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and American International Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. The Hartford Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to The Hartford Financial Services Group's net margin of 9.98%. American International Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity.
93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, American International Group had 15 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American International Group and 15 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat American International Group's score of 0.32 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American International Group received 211 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.80% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.
The Hartford Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $105.44, suggesting a potential upside of 7.70%. American International Group has a consensus target price of $80.44, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Given American International Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe The Hartford Financial Services Group is more favorable than American International Group.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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