American International Group, Inc. vs PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AIG and PGR diverge most: on revenue growth, AIG reads -2.1% and PGR reads +14.1%; on return on assets, AIG reads 2.0% and PGR reads 9.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AIG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). What PGR's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AIG | PGR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $78.56 | $211.37 |
| Market cap | $41.7B | $124.1B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 13.8 | 10.8 |
| P/B | 1.03 | 3.87 |
| P/S | 1.56 | 1.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 1651.9 |
| Revenue growth | -2.1% | +14.1% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 12.9% |
| Return on equity | 7.8% | 36.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.0% | 9.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 6.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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