AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) Vs. PGR, TRV, ALL, CINF, ACGL, MKL, WRB, FNF, CNA, and FAF
Should you be buying AXIS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXIS Capital include Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), and First American Financial (FAF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
AXIS Capital vs.
AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AXIS Capital currently has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.25%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $167.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.77%. Given AXIS Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AXIS Capital is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
Travelers Companies received 202 more outperform votes than AXIS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.41% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 55.02% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than AXIS Capital. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AXIS Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 36 more articles in the media than AXIS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Travelers Companies and 5 mentions for AXIS Capital. AXIS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.46 indicating that AXIS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travelers Companies has a net margin of 10.64% compared to AXIS Capital's net margin of 8.00%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 12.15% beat AXIS Capital's return on equity.
AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AXIS Capital pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 24.7% 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.
90.9% of AXIS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of AXIS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats AXIS Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AXS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) vs. Its Competitors
AXIS Capital Competitors List
