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Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL) Competitors

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$490.16 +10.34 (+2.15%)
Closing price 07/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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KNSL vs. ROOT, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, and BNT

Should you be buying Kinsale Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinsale Capital Group include Root (ROOT), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Public (PUK), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kinsale Capital Group vs. Its Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Root has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Root currently has a consensus target price of $130.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.97%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus target price of $491.88, indicating a potential upside of 0.35%. Given Root's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Root is more favorable than Kinsale Capital Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Root
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 8 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 5 mentions for Root. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Root's score of 0.37 indicating that Kinsale Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Root
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kinsale Capital Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 24.73% compared to Root's net margin of 4.11%. Root's return on equity of 27.33% beat Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Root4.11% 27.33% 3.41%
Kinsale Capital Group 24.73%26.36%7.90%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Root$1.18B1.62$30.90M$3.2038.85
Kinsale Capital Group$1.59B7.20$414.84M$17.3828.20

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Root on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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KNSL vs. The Competition

MetricKinsale Capital GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.43B$56.36B$12.03B$20.67B
Dividend Yield0.14%2.01%5.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio28.2017.8019.2927.86
Price / Sales7.202.6726.0556.13
Price / Cash29.3428.8118.5517.92
Price / Book7.693.022.294.60
Net Income$414.84M$4.66B$992.75M$989.89M
7 Day Performance1.07%-0.84%0.53%0.43%
1 Month Performance3.26%-0.64%4.38%5.50%
1 Year Performance23.17%23.99%538.82%9.92%

Kinsale Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.8414 of 5 stars
$490.16
+2.2%
$491.88
+0.4%
+25.8%$11.43B$1.59B28.20470
ROOT
Root
0.6686 of 5 stars
$119.72
-4.0%
$136.40
+13.9%
+79.1%$1.84B$1.27B37.411,021Analyst Upgrade
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8105 of 5 stars
$62.75
-4.1%
$88.00
+40.2%
+24.8%$35.37B$28.32B15.9731,768Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential Public
3.8558 of 5 stars
$24.25
-2.5%
N/A+31.0%$31.45B$16.66B10.4515,412Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1521 of 5 stars
$305.30
-0.4%
$355.20
+16.3%
+17.0%$30.27B$9.93B-610.5948,900
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5998 of 5 stars
$35.09
-1.9%
$38.64
+10.1%
+18.7%$19.29B$16.06B29.745,200Analyst Downgrade
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.9761 of 5 stars
$80.19
-1.0%
$83.69
+4.4%
-4.7%$17.98B$15.77B12.0019,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8246 of 5 stars
$66.38
-0.6%
$75.25
+13.4%
+14.7%$17.42B$2.65B195.245,250News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4532 of 5 stars
$54.62
-1.9%
$62.64
+14.7%
+25.9%$16.60B$12.44B14.848,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEG
Aegon
4.5457 of 5 stars
$7.09
-2.6%
N/A+10.7%$15.63B$10.65B7.3923,123Analyst Downgrade
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$63.00
-1.8%
N/AN/A$15.15B$14.10B190.915,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KNSL) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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