MKL vs. CSL, ITT, IEP, MMM, FGF, FSS, IAC, GFF, WOR, and BATRA
Should you be buying Markel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markel Group include Carlisle Companies (CSL), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), 3M (MMM), Fundamental Global (FGF), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), and Atlanta Braves (BATRA). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlisle Companies currently has a consensus price target of $416.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.54%. Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.51%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.
89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 25 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 21 mentions for Markel Group. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Markel Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Carlisle Companies' net margin of 15.23%. Markel Group's return on equity of 30.41% beat Carlisle Companies' return on equity.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carlisle Companies. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlisle Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlisle Companies received 143 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats Markel Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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