AXS vs. THG, WTM, SIGI, RLI, MCY, CNA, CINF, WRB, ESGR, and KMPR
Should you be buying AXIS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXIS Capital include The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), Mercury General (MCY), CNA Financial (CNA), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Kemper (KMPR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) and AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 361.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AXIS Capital pays out 43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hanover Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years. AXIS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, The Hanover Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than AXIS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 4 mentions for AXIS Capital. AXIS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.74 indicating that The Hanover Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of AXIS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AXIS Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Hanover Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $140.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. AXIS Capital has a consensus price target of $67.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.04%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AXIS Capital is more favorable than The Hanover Insurance Group.
AXIS Capital received 2 more outperform votes than The Hanover Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.97% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote.
AXIS Capital has a net margin of 6.67% compared to AXIS Capital's net margin of 0.59%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 19.25% beat AXIS Capital's return on equity.
AXIS Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. AXIS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AXIS Capital beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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