CINF vs. MKL, WRB, CNA, RLI, SIGI, AXS, THG, ACGL, ALL, and TRV
Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Allstate (ALL), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 18.41% compared to Cincinnati Financial's net margin of 12.63%. Cincinnati Financial's return on equity of 11.22% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Markel Group presently has a consensus price target of $1,450.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.00%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus price target of $123.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.27%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cincinnati Financial is more favorable than Markel Group.
Markel Group received 38 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.29% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 50.60% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cincinnati Financial. Markel 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.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 7 mentions for Markel Group. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 0.78 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cincinnati Financial beats Markel Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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