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Hallmark Financial Services (HALL) Competitors

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$0.0050 -0.05 (-90.67%)
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HALL vs. BRK.B, PGR, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, and FNF

Should you be buying Hallmark Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hallmark Financial Services include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W.R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), and Fidelity National Financial (FNF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Hallmark Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) and Hallmark Financial Services (NASDAQ:HALL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 9 more articles in the media than Hallmark Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 0 mentions for Hallmark Financial Services. Berkshire Hathaway's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hallmark Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Berkshire Hathaway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Berkshire Hathaway Neutral
Hallmark Financial Services Neutral

Berkshire Hathaway has higher revenue and earnings than Hallmark Financial Services.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.76$89.00B$37.5212.68
Hallmark Financial Services$165.95M0.00-$108.11MN/AN/A

39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.6% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Berkshire Hathaway presently has a consensus target price of $520.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.30%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Hallmark Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hallmark Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 21.79% compared to Hallmark Financial Services' net margin of 0.00%. Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity of 7.20% beat Hallmark Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Berkshire Hathaway21.79% 7.20% 4.01%
Hallmark Financial Services N/A N/A N/A

Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallmark Financial Services has a beta of -11.06, indicating that its stock price is 1,206% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Berkshire Hathaway beats Hallmark Financial Services on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HALL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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HALL vs. The Competition

MetricHallmark Financial ServicesInsurance carriers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10K$3.33B$12.07B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A9.44%5.53%4.01%
P/E RatioN/A73.3720.0420.25
Price / Sales0.000.3625.5199.65
Price / CashN/A133.5121.6458.16
Price / BookN/A0.762.285.49
Net Income-$108.11M$214.63M$992.82M$250.27M
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.28%-0.20%4.78%
1 Month PerformanceN/A8.41%2.79%7.20%
1 Year PerformanceN/A43.56%539.61%17.27%

Hallmark Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
N/A$0.01
-90.7%
N/A+1,961.5%$10K$165.95M0.00410Gap Up
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4593 of 5 stars
$489.85
+0.8%
$520.00
+6.2%
+15.5%$1.06T$371.43B13.06392,400
PGR
Progressive
4.7236 of 5 stars
$264.13
-1.0%
$288.88
+9.4%
+18.6%$154.84B$75.37B17.8166,308Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.3435 of 5 stars
$266.85
-0.3%
$271.11
+1.6%
+23.5%$60.27B$46.42B14.5334,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ALL
Allstate
4.9557 of 5 stars
$200.14
-0.6%
$225.20
+12.5%
+21.6%$53.00B$64.11B13.6755,400Analyst Forecast
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.937 of 5 stars
$91.50
+0.5%
$114.27
+24.9%
-9.2%$34.29B$17.44B9.387,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WRB
W.R. Berkley
4.1993 of 5 stars
$72.84
-0.9%
$71.42
-2.0%
-13.3%$27.63B$13.64B16.908,606Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKL
Markel Group
3.1036 of 5 stars
$1,994.08
-0.2%
$1,727.75
-13.4%
+27.7%$25.30B$16.62B14.7022,000Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.5316 of 5 stars
$149.38
+0.3%
$150.50
+0.7%
+24.1%$23.35B$11.34B16.295,624Analyst Forecast
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.6669 of 5 stars
$352.05
+1.5%
N/A-1.8%$16.26B$3.80B29.966,040Ex-Dividend
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.7562 of 5 stars
$57.26
+2.1%
$71.60
+25.0%
+4.5%$15.73B$12.78B14.1728,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:HALL) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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