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