KNSL vs. HIG, MKL, WRB, CINF, EG, L, RNR, CNA, AFG, and RLI
Should you be buying Kinsale Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinsale Capital Group include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Everest Group (EG), Loews (L), RenaissanceRe (RNR), CNA Financial (CNA), American Financial Group (AFG), and RLI (RLI). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kinsale Capital Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group 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.
In the previous week, The Hartford Financial Services Group had 1 more articles in the media than Kinsale Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group and 4 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's score of 1.16 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% 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. The Hartford Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Kinsale Capital Group has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. The Hartford Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
The Hartford Financial Services Group presently has a consensus price target of $105.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.53%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $434.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.53%. Given The Hartford Financial Services Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.
The Hartford Financial Services Group received 339 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 66.77% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote.
Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.33% compared to Kinsale Capital Group's net margin of 10.87%. The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity of 31.21% beat Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kinsale Capital Group beats The Hartford Financial Services Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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