Why Allied World Is Poised to Outperform
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, specialty insurance company Allied World Assurance Holdings has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Allied World and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Allied World facts
Headquarters (founded) | Baar, Switzerland (2001) |
Market Cap | $2.9 billion |
Industry | Property and casualty insurance |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $2.2 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Scott Carmilani (since 2004) CFO Thomas Bradley (since 2012) |
Return on Equity | 17% |
Cash / Debt | $8.8 billion / $800.2 million |
Dividend Yield | 1.9% |
Competitors | ACE AIG Endurance Specialty Holdings |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 134 members who have rated Allied World believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, brenoboyle, succinctly summed up the Allied World bull case for our community: "Cyclical rebound in insurance + undervaluation + extreme shareholder friendliness through repurchases + best ROIC/ROE, lowest P/B = outperformance."
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