Investors Title vs Stewart Information Services
ITIC and STC side by side, both in insurance carriers. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ITIC and STC compare
Stewart Information Services is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Investors Title ($1.3B against $480M).
On earnings, Stewart Information Services is cheaper: it trades at 10.7× trailing earnings, against 12.8× for Investors Title.
Stewart Information Services grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.5% versus 10.2% for Investors Title).
Investors Title keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.5% compared with 3.6% at Stewart Information Services.
Both pay dividends: Investors Title yields 4.2% and Stewart Information Services 5.0%.
Stewart Information Services scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 10 for Investors Title), 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 | ITIC | STC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $480M | $1.3B |
| Share price | $254.39 | $42.82 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.8% | −40.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 5.5% | −45.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.82 | 0.85 |
| Employees | 548 | 7,800 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.8× | 10.7× (better) |
| P/S | 1.6× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 4.5× |
| P/FCF | 20.6× | 12.8× (better) |
| PEG | 0.93 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.8% | 7.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $240.97 | $67.94 |
| Margin of safety | −5.6% | 37.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.2% | 20.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.9% | 5.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 4.5% | 18.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.6% | 11.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −2.2% (better) | −8.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 12.5% (better) | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | 7.7% (better) | 3.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.2% (better) | 7.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 4.69 (better) | 2.01 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.2% | 5.0% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 52.9% | 54.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −8.8% | 11.3% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.44% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.2% | 5.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 48.2% | 98.1% |
| Held by insiders | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $368K (better) | −$171K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.3% | 4.3% |
Go deeper
- ITIC stock overview
- ITIC income statement
- ITIC valuation and score
- STC stock overview
- STC income statement
- STC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.