Assured Guaranty vs Radian
AGO and RDN 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 RDN compare
Radian is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Assured Guaranty ($4.8B against $3.3B).
On earnings, Radian is cheaper: it trades at 9.0× trailing earnings, against 10.6× for Assured Guaranty.
Radian grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (65.3% 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 28.4% at Radian.
Both pay dividends: Assured Guaranty yields 1.5% and Radian 2.8%.
Radian scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 11 for Assured Guaranty), 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 | RDN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $4.8B |
| Share price | $74.73 | $36.59 |
| Change, 1 year | −14.7% | 3.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 40.5% | 70.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 0.64 |
| Employees | 367 | 900 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 4 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.6× | 9.0× (better) |
| P/S | 3.5× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/B | 0.6× (better) | 1.0× |
| P/FCF | – | 3.4× |
| PEG | 0.14 | – |
| FCF yield | – | 29.2% |
| Fair value | $107.13 | $42.19 |
| Margin of safety | 30.2% (better) | 13.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.2% | 65.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.09% (better) | −3.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −19.4% | −3.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −12.4% | 1.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 19.6% (better) | 15.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 34.2% (better) | 28.4% |
| FCF margin | – | 71.8% |
| Return on equity | 5.9% | 12.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.12 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.02 | 1.42 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | 2.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 21.0% | 25.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −15.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | 7.9% (better) | 5.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 9.5% (better) | 8.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| Held by insiders | 6.2% | 1.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$18.1M | $1.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- AGO stock overview
- AGO income statement
- AGO valuation and score
- RDN stock overview
- RDN income statement
- RDN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.