AXS vs. THG, WTM, RLI, SIGI, MCY, CNA, WRB, CINF, 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), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Mercury General (MCY), CNA Financial (CNA), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Kemper (KMPR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
AXIS Capital vs.
AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. AXIS Capital pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out -10,796.4% 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.
AXIS Capital has a net margin of 4.87% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of -0.01%. AXIS Capital's return on equity of 13.34% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AXIS Capital currently has a consensus target price of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.93%. The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $150.71, suggesting a potential upside of 31.87%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than AXIS Capital.
AXIS Capital received 5 more outperform votes than The Hanover Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.07% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 54.33% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote.
92.9% of AXIS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of AXIS Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by 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.
AXIS Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hanover Insurance Group. The Hanover Insurance Group 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, The Hanover Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than AXIS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 6 mentions for AXIS Capital. AXIS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.73 indicating that AXIS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AXIS Capital beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 19 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.
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