HIG vs CB vs ACGL Stock Comparison

Hartford Insurance, Chubb and Arch Capital Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HIG Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.
$136.00 +9.5% 1M +8.7% 1Y
Market cap
$36.11B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.87B
Div. yield
0.02%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
CB Chubb Ltd
$356.74 +7.0% 1M +26.5% 1Y
Market cap
$137.21B
P/E
12.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$61.80B
Div. yield
0.01%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
3 wins
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd.
$102.34 +8.1% 1M +17.4% 1Y
Market cap
$34.38B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.23B
Div. yield
0.00%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Arch Capital leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Arch Capital 4, Hartford Insurance 4, Chubb 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHIGCBACGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $36.11B $137.21B $34.38B CB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.9x 12.3x 7.4x ACGL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 11.6x 10.0x ACGL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.2% +8.0% +0.4% HIG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.4% 18.1% 24.2% ACGL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.3% -9.6% 16.7% HIG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.01% 0.00% HIG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.7% +26.5% +17.4% CB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.3%/yr +13.4%/yr +19.3%/yr ACGL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.1% 19.5% 20.6% CB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 53/100 75/100 HIG

Percentile Scorecard

HIGCBACGL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHIGCBACGL
Valuation 75 #30 of 119 36 #76 of 119 69 #38 of 119
Growth 65 #41 of 115 56 #51 of 115 59 #48 of 115
Profitability 87 #16 of 113 59 #47 of 113 88 #15 of 113
Financial Health 69 #36 of 114 56 #51 of 114 81 #23 of 114
Shareholder Returns 84 #18 of 107 58 #46 of 107 77 #25 of 107
Overall 76 53 75
  • HIG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • CB ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ACGL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHIGCBACGLSPY
1 month +9.5%+7.0%+8.1% -0.8%
3 months -2.9%-0.6%-1.5% +3.5%
6 months -0.5%+9.9%+6.2% +7.0%
Year to date -1.3%+14.3%+6.7% +12.2%
1 year +8.7%+26.5%+17.4% +13.0%
3 years +93.2%+71.1%+25.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +24.6%+19.6%+8.0% +23.1%
5 years +86.8%+87.5%+141.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +13.3%+13.4%+19.3% +11.0%
10 years +213.1%+180.9%+289.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +12.1%+10.9%+14.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHIGCBACGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.1%19.5%20.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 19.9%18.1%22.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.15-0.41-0.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.431.360.85 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -19.5%-20.0%-26.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.7%-2.0%-3.9% -1.8%
52-week high $145.71$364.00$106.48 $779.14
52-week low $122.36$275.58$84.72 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHIGCBACGL
P/E now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 10.6x 12.4xmedian 10.6x 7.6xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.4x 2.2xmedian 1.4x 1.8xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 7.6x —median 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 8.6x 8.9xmedian 8.6x 5.8xmedian 8.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.5x 1.7xmedian 1.5x 1.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.26median 0.52 0.46median 0.52 0.24median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHIGCBACGL
Revenue $29.87B $61.80B $19.23B
Gross profit $14.34B $35.75B $10.47B
Operating income $5.69B -$11.77B $5.33B
Net income $4.61B $11.51B $4.69B
Free cash flow $7.03B $15.38B $6.06B
EPS (diluted) $16.80 $28.59 $13.34
Cash & equivalents – $2.75B $1.11B
Total debt $4.38B $18.54B $4.30B
Shares (diluted) 273.10M 391.25M 348.80M
Enterprise value $19.63B $83.79B $28.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHIGCBACGL
P/E 8.0x 12.4x 7.6x
P/FCF 5.2x 8.9x 5.8x
P/Operating cash flow 5.2x 8.9x 5.7x
P/S 1.2x 2.2x 1.8x
P/B 1.9x 1.7x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 1.8x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 4.1x – –
EV/EBIT 6.4x -12.1x 7.2x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 2.3x 2.0x
EV/FCF 5.2x 9.3x 6.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.2x 9.3x 6.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.26 0.46 0.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHIGCBACGL
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.2% 8.0% 0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 10.0% 18.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.9% 19.6% 10.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 16.1% 22.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.2% 25.7% 26.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 22.8% 10.6% 109.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 29.5% 21.5% 25.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.6% 25.7% 27.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 35.3% 25.5% 37.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.1% 27.1% 31.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.8% 9.8% -1.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 23.9% 12.3% 10.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 19.4% 9.8% -1.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.5% 12.3% 11.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHIGCBACGL
Gross margin 48.0% 57.8% 54.4%
EBITDA margin 29.5% – –
Operating margin 19.0% -19.0% 27.7%
Pretax margin 18.4% 23.1% 26.9%
Net margin 15.4% 18.1% 24.2%
FCF margin 23.5% 24.9% 31.5%
Operating cash flow margin 23.4% 24.9% 31.7%
Return on equity 24.8% 14.3% 18.6%
Return on assets 5.4% 4.1% 5.4%
Return on invested capital 19.3% -9.6% 16.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHIGCBACGL
Debt / assets 5.0% 6.6% 5.0%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x – –
Debt / FCF 0.6x 1.2x 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 78.3% 71.3% 71.8%
Equity / assets 21.7% 28.7% 28.2%
Interest coverage 28.6x -14.7x 34.2x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHIGCBACGL
Dividend yield 1.8% 1.1% 0.0%
Net buyback yield 4.9% 3.0% 9.8%
Shareholder yield 6.7% 4.1% 9.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 13.9% 13.3% 0.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 9.1% 10.0% 0.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 10.1% 4.4% -99.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.1% 3.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHIGCBACGL
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 11.6xFY2026 10.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.25FY2026 $30.86FY2026 $10.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -8.7%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026 +3.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.6% +2.1% -9.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $27.39BFY2026 $61.37BFY2026 $16.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -3.4%FY2026 +11.9%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.9% +6.9% -5.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHIGCBACGL
Held by institutions 92.5% 89.7% 91.0%
Institutions holding 1,198 2,149 903
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% -0.8% -1.7%
Institutions buying 530 1,014 428
Institutions selling 457 803 364
Buyers to sellers 1.16 1.26 1.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HIGCBACGL
HIG 1.00 0.73 0.73
CB 0.73 1.00 0.77
ACGL 0.73 0.77 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HIG, CB and ACGL?

Chubb (CB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hartford Insurance (HIG) $36.11B, Chubb (CB) $137.21B, Arch Capital (ACGL) $34.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, HIG, CB and ACGL?

Arch Capital (ACGL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hartford Insurance (HIG) 7.9x, Chubb (CB) 12.3x, Arch Capital (ACGL) 7.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Arch Capital (ACGL) is cheapest (Hartford Insurance (HIG) 11.1x, Chubb (CB) 11.6x, Arch Capital (ACGL) 10.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hartford Insurance (HIG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hartford Insurance (HIG) +9.2%, Chubb (CB) +8.0%, Arch Capital (ACGL) +0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arch Capital (ACGL) has the highest net margin (Hartford Insurance (HIG) 15.4%, Chubb (CB) 18.1%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 24.2%). On return on invested capital, Hartford Insurance (HIG) leads (Hartford Insurance (HIG) 19.3%, Chubb (CB) -9.6%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 16.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Chubb (CB) returned the most: Hartford Insurance (HIG) +8.7%, Chubb (CB) +26.5%, Arch Capital (ACGL) +17.4%. Over five years, Arch Capital (ACGL) compounded fastest (Hartford Insurance (HIG) +13.3%/yr, Chubb (CB) +13.4%/yr, Arch Capital (ACGL) +19.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Hartford Insurance (HIG) has the highest dividend yield: Hartford Insurance (HIG) 0.02%, Chubb (CB) 0.01%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 0.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Chubb (CB) has been the steadiest (Hartford Insurance (HIG) 20.1%, Chubb (CB) 19.5%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 20.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HIG, CB and ACGL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arch Capital (ACGL) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.