The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. vs PRUDENTIAL PLC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HIG and PUK diverge most: on revenue growth, HIG reads +7.0% and PUK reads -10.1%; on debt / equity, HIG reads 0.22 and PUK reads 0.00. 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 PUK'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 | PUK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $141.94 | $30.25 |
| Market cap | $39.2B | $39.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| P/B | 2.00 | 1.83 |
| P/S | 1.35 | 3.40 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 8.1 |
| Revenue growth | +7.0% | -10.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 28.8% |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 35.9% |
| Return on equity | 22.2% | 19.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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