SIGI vs. AXS, RLI, THG, WTM, MCY, MAX, LMND, ROOT, CNA, and CINF
Should you be buying Selective Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Selective Insurance Group include AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), MediaAlpha (MAX), Lemonade (LMND), Root (ROOT), CNA Financial (CNA), and Cincinnati Financial (CINF).
Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) and AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Selective Insurance Group had 8 more articles in the media than AXIS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Selective Insurance Group and 8 mentions for AXIS Capital. AXIS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Selective Insurance Group's score of 0.04 indicating that AXIS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Selective Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Selective Insurance Group pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AXIS Capital pays out 26.9% 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.
AXIS Capital has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Selective Insurance Group's net margin of 8.02%. AXIS Capital's return on equity of 19.11% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity.
AXIS Capital received 55 more outperform votes than Selective Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.96% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote.
AXIS Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Selective Insurance Group. AXIS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Selective Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of AXIS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AXIS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Selective Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $105.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. AXIS Capital has a consensus target price of $68.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.67%. Given Selective Insurance Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Selective Insurance Group is more favorable than AXIS Capital.
Summary
AXIS Capital beats Selective Insurance Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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