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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Cincinnati Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CINF) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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