CINF vs. MKL, WRB, CNA, RLI, SIGI, AXS, THG, WTM, ACGL, and ALL
Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), and Allstate (ALL). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 22.16% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 15.23%. Markel Group's return on equity of 11.18% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 18 mentions for Markel Group. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Markel Group's score of 0.92 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cincinnati Financial. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Markel Group received 38 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 50.60% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
Cincinnati Financial currently has a consensus target price of $124.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.46%. Markel Group has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.86%. Given Cincinnati Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cincinnati Financial is more favorable than Markel Group.
Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cincinnati Financial and Markel Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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