PGR vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, CB, AIG, MUFG, C, SCHW, BLK, and GS
Should you be buying Progressive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progressive include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Chubb (CB), American International Group (AIG), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Charles Schwab (SCHW), BlackRock (BLK), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS).
Progressive (NYSE:PGR) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Travelers Companies received 16 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.21% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.
Progressive has a net margin of 8.89% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 7.32%. Progressive's return on equity of 29.43% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 24 more articles in the media than Progressive. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Travelers Companies and 12 mentions for Progressive. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.49 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Progressive has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Progressive pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% 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.
Progressive has higher revenue and earnings than Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Progressive currently has a consensus price target of $211.88, suggesting a potential upside of 1.85%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $223.47, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Travelers Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Progressive.
Summary
Progressive beats Travelers Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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