Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ACGL scored 76.0, HIG scored 78.0 — HIG leads.
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ACGL
Arch Capital Group Ltd.
Insurance - Diversified · Financial strength
68.4Fin
$96.85 · $33.0B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
2.5
HIG leads
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.
Insurance - Diversified · Financial strength
70.9Fin
$131.19 · $35.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestACGL7.6x
Fastest growthACGL+14.0%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ACGL
HIG
+14.0%B+
Rev
+6.4%C+
7.6xA
P/E
9.3xA-
19.9%B+
ROE
22.1%A-
1.42B+
P/B
1.83B
0.0%C
Yield
1.9%C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
ACGLArch Capital Group Ltd.
Insurance - Diversified · $96.85 · beta 0.26
Why now
Insurance - Diversified · market cap $33.0b. 10% off the 52-week high of $107.09. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 19 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $110.13 (implying +14% upside).
Moat
Net margin 24% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
HIGThe Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.
Insurance - Diversified · $131.19 · beta 0.49
Why now
Insurance - Diversified · market cap $35.5b. 10% off the 52-week high of $146.07. PEG 0.12 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $148.00 (implying +13% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 22% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is HIG or ACGL the better stock?
HIG scores higher: HIG 78.0, ACGL 76.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are HIG and ACGL scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.