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First American Financial (FAF) Competitors

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FAF vs. MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, THG, and SIGI

Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial include Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

First American Financial vs.

Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Markel Group has a net margin of 16.34% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 2.14%. First American Financial's return on equity of 9.35% beat Markel Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Markel Group16.34% 7.55% 1.99%
First American Financial 2.14%9.35%3.00%

Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First American Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Markel Group$15.56B1.52$2.64B$135.6913.70
First American Financial$6.28B0.91$131.10M$1.5136.64

Markel Group has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First American Financial has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Markel Group received 11 more outperform votes than First American Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.55% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Markel GroupOutperform Votes
298
59.24%
Underperform Votes
205
40.76%
First American FinancialOutperform Votes
287
60.55%
Underperform Votes
187
39.45%

Markel Group currently has a consensus target price of $1,727.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.07%. First American Financial has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.55%. Given First American Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Markel Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Markel Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
First American Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, First American Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for First American Financial and 12 mentions for Markel Group. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat First American Financial's score of 0.72 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Markel Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First American Financial
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of First American Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First American Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First American Financial beats Markel Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FAF vs. The Competition

MetricFirst American FinancialTitle insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.69B$5.63B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.59%2.71%5.45%3.84%
P/E Ratio44.2723.2922.4234.53
Price / Sales0.911.1027.6234.83
Price / Cash9.7712.9617.6217.51
Price / Book1.161.512.774.69
Net Income$131.10M$188.12M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.96%-7.00%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-5.18%-6.71%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance-1.47%10.71%536.61%4.15%

First American Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FAF
First American Financial
4.6363 of 5 stars
$55.33
-0.7%
$75.00
+35.5%
-1.5%$5.69B$6.28B44.2721,200Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
MKL
Markel Group
3.703 of 5 stars
$1,917.97
+0.9%
$1,727.75
-9.9%
+12.8%$24.33B$15.56B9.6420,900
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.4534 of 5 stars
$150.00
+1.5%
$147.40
-1.7%
+22.3%$23.45B$10.97B10.335,150Positive News
Analyst Revision
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
0.9883 of 5 stars
$357.47
+1.2%
N/A-10.2%$16.51B$3.99B33.446,040
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.6148 of 5 stars
$57.69
-0.3%
$71.60
+24.1%
+4.6%$15.84B$13.36B12.4128,300Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.3285 of 5 stars
$48.97
+1.1%
$50.50
+3.1%
+5.7%$13.25B$14.18B13.916,100News Coverage
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ORI
Old Republic International
4.4319 of 5 stars
$37.89
-0.1%
$42.00
+10.9%
+17.1%$9.36B$8.33B14.419,500Positive News
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.3291 of 5 stars
$100.58
-0.6%
$107.75
+7.1%
+37.6%$7.91B$6.04B8.142,080Dividend Announcement
RLI
RLI
3.4043 of 5 stars
$74.79
+0.2%
$78.60
+5.1%
+0.5%$6.86B$1.73B19.971,000
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.1364 of 5 stars
$167.69
+0.6%
$179.50
+7.0%
+24.1%$6.02B$6.27B14.344,400Positive News
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
3.2306 of 5 stars
$90.23
+0.6%
$93.50
+3.6%
-11.0%$5.48B$4.98B28.022,520

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This page (NYSE:FAF) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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