CNA vs. RLI, SIGI, AXS, CINF, THG, WTM, WRB, MCY, ACGL, and ALL
Should you be buying CNA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNA Financial include RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Mercury General (MCY), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), and Allstate (ALL). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
CNA Financial presently has a consensus target price of $46.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.45%. RLI has a consensus target price of $163.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.26%. Given RLI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLI is more favorable than CNA Financial.
RLI has a net margin of 20.96% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 9.17%. RLI's return on equity of 17.24% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, CNA Financial had 30 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for CNA Financial and 1 mentions for RLI. RLI's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat CNA Financial's score of 0.31 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CNA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. CNA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CNA Financial pays out 38.4% 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.
98.5% of CNA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of RLI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CNA Financial has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CNA Financial received 34 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote.
Summary
RLI beats CNA Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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