FAF vs. MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, and SIGI
Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First American Financial has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First American Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 3.64%. First American Financial's return on equity of 11.18% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
Markel Group presently has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.08%. First American Financial has a consensus target price of $67.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.77%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Markel Group.
Markel Group received 18 more outperform votes than First American Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.57% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First American Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Markel Group had 1 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Markel Group and 5 mentions for First American Financial. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat First American Financial's score of 1.31 indicating that First American Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Markel Group and First American Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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