KNSL vs. RLI, SIGI, AFG, RNR, AXS, CNA, THG, WTM, ESGR, and KMPR
Should you be buying Kinsale Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinsale Capital Group include RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), American Financial Group (AFG), RenaissanceRe (RNR), AXIS Capital (AXS), CNA Financial (CNA), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Kemper (KMPR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 8 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 22 mentions for RLI. RLI's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.41 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kinsale Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of $438.43, indicating a potential upside of 19.06%. RLI has a consensus target price of $163.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.49%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than RLI.
Kinsale Capital Group received 49 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote.
Kinsale Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RLI. RLI 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.
Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% 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.
85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 4.0% 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.
Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.33% compared to RLI's net margin of 20.96%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 31.21% beat RLI's return on equity.
Summary
Kinsale Capital Group beats RLI on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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