TRV vs. ALL, ACGL, WRB, CINF, PGR, AIG, HIG, EG, L, and CB
Should you be buying Travelers Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travelers Companies include Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Everest Group (EG), Loews (L), and Chubb (CB). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 7 more articles in the media than Allstate. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Travelers Companies and 32 mentions for Allstate. Allstate's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.38 indicating that Allstate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Allstate's net margin of -0.33%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 13.94% beat Allstate's return on equity.
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.
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. Allstate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Allstate shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $223.47, indicating a potential upside of 4.69%. Allstate has a consensus price target of $173.71, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Given Travelers Companies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Allstate.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allstate has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Allstate on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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