Assured Guaranty vs Octave Specialty
AGO and OSG side by side, both in insurance carriers. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AGO and OSG compare
Assured Guaranty is the larger company, worth 14 times as much as Octave Specialty ($3.3B against $241M).
Octave Specialty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (36.0% versus −4.2% for Assured Guaranty).
Assured Guaranty keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 34.2% compared with −17.7% at Octave Specialty.
Assured Guaranty pays a dividend yielding 1.5%; Octave Specialty does not pay one.
Assured Guaranty scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 4 for Octave Specialty), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AGO | OSG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $241M |
| Share price | $74.73 | $5.34 |
| Change, 1 year | −14.7% | −46.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 40.5% | −67.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| Employees | 367 | 275 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.6× | – |
| P/S | 3.5× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 0.6× | 0.4× (better) |
| PEG | 0.14 | – |
| Fair value | $107.13 | – |
| Margin of safety | 30.2% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.2% | 36.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.09% | 10.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −19.4% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −12.4% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 19.6% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 34.2% (better) | −17.7% |
| Return on equity | 5.9% (better) | −7.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 1.02 (better) | 0.46 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | – |
| Payout ratio | 21.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −15.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | 7.9% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 9.5% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.7% | 66.7% |
| Held by insiders | 6.2% | 6.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$18.1M | $91.1K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 3.6% |
Go deeper
- AGO stock overview
- AGO income statement
- AGO valuation and score
- OSG stock overview
- OSG income statement
- OSG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.