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CINF vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and AXS

Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W.R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and Axis Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Cincinnati Financial vs. Its Competitors

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 37.9% 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. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Cincinnati Financial has increased its dividend for 65 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 9.09%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 16.10% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Travelers Companies9.09% 16.10% 3.28%
Cincinnati Financial 13.19%6.55%2.44%

Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Cincinnati Financial. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cincinnati Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Travelers Companies$46.42B1.25$5.00B$18.3713.99
Cincinnati Financial$11.34B2.01$2.29B$9.1715.93

Travelers Companies presently has a consensus target price of $271.11, suggesting a potential upside of 5.52%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $150.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.00%. Given Travelers Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Travelers Companies
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Cincinnati Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 14 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Travelers Companies and 13 mentions for Cincinnati Financial. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Travelers Companies' score of 1.22 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cincinnati Financial
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Cincinnati Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CINF vs. The Competition

MetricCincinnati FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.35B$57.91B$12.03B$8.87B
Dividend Yield2.33%1.91%5.58%4.10%
P/E Ratio15.9317.8519.9519.88
Price / Sales2.012.6825.68113.66
Price / Cash17.6028.9021.3456.90
Price / Book1.643.082.265.38
Net Income$2.29B$4.66B$1.00B$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.66%0.47%2.70%2.97%
1 Month Performance-3.62%-3.57%4.28%6.02%
1 Year Performance22.94%29.75%540.35%20.39%

Cincinnati Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.7878 of 5 stars
$146.11
-2.2%
$150.50
+3.0%
+25.3%$23.35B$11.34B15.935,624Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7989 of 5 stars
$267.59
+1.0%
$271.11
+1.3%
+31.5%$60.44B$46.42B14.5734,000Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.9816 of 5 stars
$198.15
+1.4%
$225.20
+13.7%
+24.6%$52.47B$64.11B13.5355,400Trending News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9086 of 5 stars
$91.11
+1.0%
$114.63
+25.8%
-9.1%$34.14B$17.44B9.347,200News Coverage
Positive News
WRB
W.R. Berkley
4.6438 of 5 stars
$73.90
+1.0%
$70.64
-4.4%
+38.3%$28.03B$13.64B17.158,606Positive News
MKL
Markel Group
3.559 of 5 stars
$1,985.44
+1.3%
$1,727.75
-13.0%
+26.5%$25.20B$16.62B14.6322,000Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.4353 of 5 stars
$356.87
+1.4%
N/A-3.4%$16.48B$3.80B30.376,801
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.5781 of 5 stars
$55.95
+2.6%
$71.60
+28.0%
+17.8%$15.37B$12.78B13.8523,533Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.7868 of 5 stars
$45.78
+1.1%
$50.50
+10.3%
+2.0%$12.39B$14.27B13.966,500
ORI
Old Republic International
4.8097 of 5 stars
$38.20
+2.4%
$42.00
+9.9%
+25.8%$9.44B$8.23B15.539,400
AXS
Axis Capital
4.5768 of 5 stars
$103.77
+1.2%
$107.75
+3.8%
+46.4%$8.16B$5.96B10.291,876Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CINF) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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