AXS vs. WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, FAF, and THG
Should you be buying Axis Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axis Capital include W.R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Axis Capital vs. Its Competitors
Axis Capital (NYSE:AXS) and W.R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, W.R. Berkley had 11 more articles in the media than Axis Capital. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for W.R. Berkley and 12 mentions for Axis Capital. Axis Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat W.R. Berkley's score of 1.02 indicating that Axis Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Axis Capital has a net margin of 14.54% compared to W.R. Berkley's net margin of 12.43%. W.R. Berkley's return on equity of 19.66% beat Axis Capital's return on equity.
93.4% of Axis Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W.R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Axis Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of W.R. Berkley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Axis Capital presently has a consensus price target of $107.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. W.R. Berkley has a consensus price target of $71.42, indicating a potential upside of 0.97%. Given Axis Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Axis Capital is more favorable than W.R. Berkley.
W.R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than Axis Capital. Axis Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Axis Capital has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.R. Berkley has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Axis Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. W.R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Axis Capital pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.R. Berkley pays out 8.4% 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. W.R. Berkley has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
Summary
W.R. Berkley beats Axis Capital on 10 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:AXS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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