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Erie Indemnity (ERIE) Competitors

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$346.98 +3.89 (+1.13%)
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ERIE vs. RYAN, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, FNF, CNA, and ORI

Should you be buying Erie Indemnity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erie Indemnity include Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W.R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), and Old Republic International (ORI).

Erie Indemnity vs. Its Competitors

Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Erie Indemnity pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 141.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Erie Indemnity has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years and Ryan Specialty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Erie Indemnity has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Erie Indemnity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Erie Indemnity$3.80B4.24$600.31M$11.7529.63
Ryan Specialty$2.52B6.91$94.67M$0.34194.83

Ryan Specialty has a consensus target price of $75.58, suggesting a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Ryan Specialty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryan Specialty is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Erie Indemnity
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Ryan Specialty
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.73% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 6.97%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 47.70% beat Erie Indemnity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Erie Indemnity15.73% 31.37% 21.53%
Ryan Specialty 6.97%47.70%5.69%

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 1 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 5 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Erie Indemnity's score of -0.16 indicating that Ryan Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Erie Indemnity
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ryan Specialty
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ryan Specialty beats Erie Indemnity on 11 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

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ERIE vs. The Competition

MetricErie IndemnityINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.07B$26.83B$12.07B$9.03B
Dividend Yield1.55%1.10%5.58%4.11%
P/E Ratio29.6037.9420.0920.10
Price / Sales4.244.9125.69108.06
Price / Cash24.4834.7321.3456.90
Price / Book8.094.982.285.65
Net Income$600.31M$835.90M$1.00B$248.47M
7 Day Performance2.16%1.76%2.28%2.80%
1 Month Performance-3.89%1.43%4.34%5.62%
1 Year Performance-4.81%3.14%541.09%21.20%

Erie Indemnity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.4418 of 5 stars
$346.98
+1.1%
N/A-6.4%$16.03B$3.80B29.536,801
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.4602 of 5 stars
$67.98
+0.6%
$75.58
+11.2%
+14.8%$17.84B$2.52B199.945,250
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.8045 of 5 stars
$267.65
+1.6%
$271.11
+1.3%
+26.2%$60.45B$47.01B14.5732,500Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.9815 of 5 stars
$201.42
+2.9%
$225.20
+11.8%
+21.6%$53.34B$64.11B13.7654,500
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9162 of 5 stars
$91.05
+0.8%
$114.63
+25.9%
-11.6%$34.12B$17.44B9.335,200Positive News
WRB
W.R. Berkley
4.6428 of 5 stars
$73.52
+1.7%
$71.42
-2.9%
+33.9%$27.89B$13.64B17.068,190Positive News
MKL
Markel Group
3.4568 of 5 stars
$1,996.02
+0.5%
$1,727.75
-13.4%
+24.2%$25.33B$16.62B14.7120,900
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.7963 of 5 stars
$148.92
+1.8%
$150.50
+1.1%
+22.9%$23.28B$11.34B16.245,150Positive News
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.4774 of 5 stars
$56.19
-0.6%
$71.60
+27.4%
+16.1%$15.43B$13.68B13.9123,533Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.8202 of 5 stars
$46.47
-0.1%
$50.50
+8.7%
-0.1%$12.58B$14.27B14.176,500
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7847 of 5 stars
$38.44
+0.8%
$42.00
+9.3%
+22.4%$9.50B$8.23B15.639,400

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This page (NASDAQ:ERIE) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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