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Cincinnati Financial (CINF) Competitors

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CINF vs. ACGL, UFCS, AFG, AJG, AXS, FAF, FNF, HCI, KNSL, and PGR

Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), United Fire Group (UFCS), American Financial Group (AFG), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Axis Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), HCI Group (HCI), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and Progressive (PGR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Cincinnati Financial vs. Its Competitors

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 20.72% compared to Cincinnati Financial's net margin of 13.19%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.79% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arch Capital Group20.72% 15.79% 4.54%
Cincinnati Financial 13.19%6.55%2.44%

Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cincinnati Financial. Arch Capital Group 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
Arch Capital Group$17.44B1.91$4.31B$9.769.11
Cincinnati Financial$11.34B2.07$2.29B$9.1716.36

Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Arch Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of $113.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.71%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $155.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.47%. Given Arch Capital Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Cincinnati Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 6 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 12 mentions for Cincinnati Financial. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 1.22 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arch Capital Group
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cincinnati Financial
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats Cincinnati Financial on 12 of the 16 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$23.47B$56.88B$12.29B$9.52B
Dividend Yield2.31%1.99%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio16.3717.1319.0520.01
Price / Sales2.072.6826.42102.39
Price / Cash17.7829.1621.8458.97
Price / Book1.682.982.275.87
Net Income$2.29B$4.66B$998.01M$258.50M
7 Day Performance-0.45%0.73%0.75%1.95%
1 Month Performance4.40%1.20%4.21%12.31%
1 Year Performance24.73%23.74%540.65%19.02%

Cincinnati Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.591 of 5 stars
$150.11
+1.5%
$155.25
+3.4%
+23.2%$23.46B$11.34B16.375,624Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9503 of 5 stars
$90.59
+3.1%
$113.60
+25.4%
-8.7%$33.95B$17.44B9.287,200News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
UFCS
United Fire Group
4.023 of 5 stars
$28.05
+3.4%
$30.00
+7.0%
+24.5%$713.90M$1.29B11.091,090
AFG
American Financial Group
4.6695 of 5 stars
$128.34
+1.6%
$140.00
+9.1%
+1.0%$10.74B$8.24B13.488,700
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.0586 of 5 stars
$315.17
+1.2%
$318.21
+1.0%
+12.8%$80.72B$12.03B45.6156,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AXS
Axis Capital
4.2892 of 5 stars
$98.89
+2.8%
$108.25
+9.5%
+33.8%$7.78B$6.04B9.811,876News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
FAF
First American Financial
4.3296 of 5 stars
$56.37
-3.0%
$74.50
+32.2%
+4.4%$5.80B$6.13B37.3319,038News Coverage
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.8448 of 5 stars
$53.20
+0.7%
$71.20
+33.8%
+6.3%$14.61B$13.68B13.1723,533Positive News
High Trading Volume
HCI
HCI Group
4.5684 of 5 stars
$141.49
+1.8%
$181.25
+28.1%
+56.7%$1.63B$750.05M13.68530Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.8271 of 5 stars
$490.16
+2.2%
$491.88
+0.4%
+27.4%$11.43B$1.59B28.20470Trending News
Earnings Report
PGR
Progressive
4.7395 of 5 stars
$247.46
+1.0%
$284.82
+15.1%
+14.9%$145.06B$75.37B16.6966,308Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CINF) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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