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.
Allstate (NYSE:ALL) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Allstate received 393 more outperform votes than Travelers Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Allstate had 9 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Allstate and 27 mentions for Travelers Companies. Allstate's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.74 indicating that Allstate is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allstate has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.5% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Allstate shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Travelers Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allstate. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allstate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Allstate presently has a consensus price target of $174.18, indicating a potential upside of 2.29%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $223.47, indicating a potential upside of 2.82%. Given Travelers Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Allstate.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Allstate's net margin of 2.31%. Allstate's return on equity of 14.44% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Allstate pays out 81.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Allstate beats Travelers Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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