Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AEG scored 77.0, ACGL scored 76.0 — AEG leads.
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AEG
Aegon Ltd.
Insurance - Diversified · Financial strength
71.3Fin
$8.33 · $12.3B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
2.9
AEG leads
ACGL
Arch Capital Group Ltd.
Insurance - Diversified · Financial strength
68.4Fin
$96.85 · $33.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestACGL7.6x
Fastest growthAEG+37.6%
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
AEG
ACGL
+37.6%A
Rev
+14.0%B+
12.1xB
P/E
7.6xA
11.1%B
ROE
19.9%B+
1.23B+
P/B
1.42B+
5.9%A-
Yield
0.0%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
AEGAegon Ltd.
Insurance - Diversified · $8.33 · beta 0.65
Why now
Insurance - Diversified · market cap $12.3b. 13% off the 52-week high of $9.61. Revenue growing +38% — in hypergrowth territory.
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. 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.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is AEG or ACGL the better stock?
AEG scores higher: AEG 77.0, 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 AEG 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.