The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. vs PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HIG and PRU diverge most: on return on assets, HIG reads 5.0% and PRU reads 0.5%; on debt / equity, HIG reads 0.22 and PRU reads 0.65. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HIG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). What PRU's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HIG | PRU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.10 | $113.08 |
| Market cap | $35.7B | $39.4B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 8.4 | 10.3 |
| P/B | 1.82 | 1.23 |
| P/S | 1.23 | 0.61 |
| EV/EBITDA | 247.9 | — |
| Revenue growth | +7.0% | +11.6% |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 22.2% | 12.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 4.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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