KNSL vs. RLI, AFG, AXS, SIGI, RNR, CNA, THG, ESGR, WTM, and KMPR
Should you be buying Kinsale Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinsale Capital Group include RLI (RLI), American Financial Group (AFG), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RenaissanceRe (RNR), CNA Financial (CNA), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Enstar Group (ESGR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), and Kemper (KMPR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
RLI (NYSE:RLI) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Kinsale Capital Group received 49 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote.
In the previous week, RLI had 2 more articles in the media than Kinsale Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for RLI and 12 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat RLI's score of 0.62 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLI has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. RLI pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. RLI has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years and Kinsale Capital Group has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. RLI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
RLI currently has a consensus price target of $163.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $438.43, indicating a potential upside of 12.15%. Given RLI's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than RLI.
Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.33% compared to Kinsale Capital Group's net margin of 20.96%. RLI's return on equity of 31.21% beat Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity.
Kinsale Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RLI. RLI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinsale Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kinsale Capital Group beats RLI on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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