RNR vs. ESGR, CNA, AFG, KNSL, L, EG, RLI, AXS, CINF, and SIGI
Should you be buying RenaissanceRe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RenaissanceRe include Enstar Group (ESGR), CNA Financial (CNA), American Financial Group (AFG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Loews (L), Everest Group (EG), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) and RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
RenaissanceRe received 109 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
81.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to Enstar Group's net margin of 24.79%. Enstar Group's return on equity of 27.09% beat RenaissanceRe's return on equity.
Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RenaissanceRe has a consensus target price of $249.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Enstar Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Enstar Group.
In the previous week, RenaissanceRe had 4 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RenaissanceRe and 2 mentions for Enstar Group. RenaissanceRe's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Enstar Group's score of 1.18 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RenaissanceRe has higher revenue and earnings than Enstar Group. RenaissanceRe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enstar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Enstar Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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