RLI vs. AXS, SIGI, THG, WTM, MCY, CNA, CINF, WRB, ESGR, and KNSL
Should you be buying RLI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLI include AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), CNA Financial (CNA), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
AXIS Capital received 100 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote.
RLI has a net margin of 20.96% compared to RLI's net margin of 10.34%. RLI's return on equity of 19.11% beat AXIS Capital's return on equity.
AXIS Capital has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. AXIS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.4% of AXIS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AXIS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AXIS Capital presently has a consensus price target of $68.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.67%. RLI has a consensus price target of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.34%. Given AXIS Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLI is more favorable than AXIS Capital.
In the previous week, AXIS Capital had 4 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AXIS Capital and 4 mentions for RLI. RLI's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat AXIS Capital's score of 0.87 indicating that AXIS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. AXIS Capital pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLI pays out 14.9% 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 raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years and RLI has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years.
Summary
RLI beats AXIS Capital on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RLI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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