ACGL vs. ALL, TRV, WRB, MKL, CINF, CNA, PGR, HIG, EG, and AIG
Should you be buying Arch Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arch Capital Group include Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), Progressive (PGR), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Everest Group (EG), and American International Group (AIG).
Allstate (NYSE:ALL) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Allstate had 21 more articles in the media than Arch Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Allstate and 9 mentions for Arch Capital Group. Allstate's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Arch Capital Group's score of 0.25 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arch Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allstate. Allstate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 32.59% compared to Arch Capital Group's net margin of -0.33%. Allstate's return on equity of 21.94% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.
76.5% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Allstate shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Allstate has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Allstate presently has a consensus price target of $173.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus price target of $96.23, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. Given Allstate's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than Allstate.
Allstate received 526 more outperform votes than Arch Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Arch Capital Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats Allstate on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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