KNSL vs. AFG, RNR, CNA, RLI, SIGI, AXS, THG, L, WTM, and ESGR
Should you be buying Kinsale Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinsale Capital Group include American Financial Group (AFG), RenaissanceRe (RNR), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Loews (L), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), and Enstar Group (ESGR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 4 mentions for American Financial Group. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat American Financial Group's score of 1.00 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 25.29% compared to Kinsale Capital Group's net margin of 10.89%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 31.52% beat Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity.
American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. American Financial Group pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 4.5% 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. Kinsale Capital Group has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
American Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $133.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus target price of $510.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. Given American Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than American Financial Group.
American Financial Group received 11 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.
American Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kinsale Capital Group. American Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinsale Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kinsale Capital Group beats American Financial Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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