Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, insurance company Unitrin (NYSE: UTR) has earned a top five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Unitrin's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Unitrin facts

Headquarters (founded) Chicago (1990)
Market Cap $1.5 billion
Industry Multiline insurance
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $2.78 billion
Management

CEO Donald Southwell (since 2006)

Chief Investment Officer John Boschelli (since 2009)
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) 4.1%
Cash/Debt $554 million / $561.9 million
Dividend Yield 3.6%
Competitors

Chubb (NYSE: CB)

Travelers Cos. (NYSE: TRV)

W.R. Berkley (NYSE: WRB)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 90% of the 71 members who have rated Unitrin believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include WPThatcher and All-Star Staka, who is ranked in the top 2% of our community.

Earlier this week, WPThatcher summed up the Unitrin bull case with a few simple words: "Trading under book by a lot."

Unitrin's recent restructuring initiatives and bargain-like valuation support its five-star CAPS rating. Currently, Unitrin even trades at a price-to-book (0.7) discount to rivals Chubb (1.1), Travelers (0.9), and W.R. Berkley (1.0), as well as other highly rated insurers like Markel (NYSE: MKL) (1.1) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) (1.3).

At such a cheap price, CAPS All-Star Staka thinks Unitrin's positives far outweigh its negatives:

Positive:
- Below tangible book, makes for a good acquisition target
- Good dividend yield with a low payout ratio, could be increased
- Management is winding down unprofitable Fireside Bank (automobile finance subsidiary)
- Underperforming Unitrin Direct gets a fix
- Kemper and Unitrin Specialty are relatively consistent and profitable subsidiaries
- This is a value proposition waiting to be discovered by the market.

Negative:
- Slow to no growth
- Resignation of CFO might hint to internal divergences (pure speculation)

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