ALL vs. TRV, ACGL, WRB, CINF, CNA, PGR, AIG, HIG, EG, and L
Should you be buying Allstate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allstate include Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Everest Group (EG), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Allstate (NYSE:ALL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Allstate. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Travelers Companies and 33 mentions for Allstate. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Allstate's score of 0.49 indicating that Allstate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allstate has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of -0.33%. Allstate's return on equity of 13.94% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
Allstate received 393 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.21% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allstate pays out -296.8% 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 19 consecutive years and Allstate has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Allstate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Allstate shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Allstate shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Travelers Companies currently has a consensus price target of $223.47, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Allstate has a consensus price target of $173.71, suggesting a potential upside of 2.14%. Given Allstate's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Allstate.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Allstate on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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