4-Star Insurance Stocks Poised to Pop: Travelers
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, property and casualty insurer Travelers Companies (NYS: TRV) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Travelers and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Travelers facts
Headquarters (founded) | New York (1853) |
Market Cap | $27.2 billion |
Industry | Property and casualty insurance |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $25.5 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Jay Fishman |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 7.5% |
Cash/Debt | $3.5 billion / $6.4 billion |
Dividend Yield | 2.6% |
Competitors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 91% of the 463 members who have rated Travelers believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this week, one of those bulls, All-Star Chemdawg, tapped Travelers as a particularly solid selection:
[S]afe and boring, but it's exactly how you become rich ... you consistently make more money than you spend and invest the difference. [T]hats what good insurance companies do and their underwriting discipline is better than most. [S]elling at close to book value and has a decent growing dividend.
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