Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) vs. AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY) Financial Survey

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Fidelity National Financial and AXA, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Financial	0	1	4	0	2.80
AXA	0	0	2	1	3.33

Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus price target of $71.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.84%. Given Fidelity National Financial’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than AXA.

Profitability

This table compares Fidelity National Financial and AXA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Financial	8.43%	14.88%	1.35%
AXA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of AXA shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. AXA pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fidelity National Financial and AXA”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity National Financial	$13.68 billion	1.14	$1.27 billion	$4.04	14.00
AXA	$78.03 billion	1.38	$8.53 billion	N/A	N/A

AXA has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Financial.

Risk and Volatility

Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXA has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity National Financial beats AXA on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fidelity National Financial

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various insurance products in the United States. The company operates through Title, F&G, and Corporate and Other segments. It offers title insurance, escrow, and other title related services, including trust activities, trustee sales guarantees, recordings and reconveyances, and home warranty products. The company also provides technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries; and mortgage transaction services, including title-related services and facilitation of production and management of mortgage loans. In addition, it offers annuity and life insurance products, such as deferred and immediate annuities, as well as indexed universal life insurance products; and funding agreements and pension risk transfer (PRT) solutions. Further, the company engages in the real estate brokerage business. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

About AXA

AXA SA, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, asset management, and banking services worldwide. The company operates through six segments: France; Europe; AXA XL; Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM; AXA Investment Managers; and Transversal & Other segments It offers life and savings insurance products, such as savings and retirement, other health, and personal protection products. The company also provides property and casualty insurance products, including car, home, and personal or professional liability to individual and business clients; international insurance for large corporate clients in Europe; and marine and aviation insurance services, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products. In addition, it offers asset management services in the areas of various asset classes, including equities, bonds, hedge funds, private equity, and real estate for the group’s insurance companies and their clients, and retail and institutional clients. Further, the company provides motor, household, property and general liability, health, term life, whole life, universal life, endowment, deferred and immediate annuities, and other investment-based products for personal/individual and commercial/ group customers. AXA SA was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Paris, France.