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Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL) Competitors

$469.63
+6.05 (+1.31%)
(As of 10/9/2024 ET)

KNSL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EG, EQH, AEG, and GL

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

Kinsale Capital Group vs.

Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Sun Life Financial pays out 60.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 4.0% 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 a consensus price target of $446.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.03%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sun Life Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

Sun Life Financial received 176 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 62.32% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sun Life FinancialOutperform Votes
488
62.32%
Underperform Votes
295
37.68%
Kinsale Capital GroupOutperform Votes
312
67.39%
Underperform Votes
151
32.61%

Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Kinsale Capital Group. Sun Life Financial 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sun Life Financial$30.20B1.09$2.48B$3.9114.61
Kinsale Capital Group$1.42B7.68$308.09M$15.0531.20

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 12 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 3 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sun Life Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kinsale Capital Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.08% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 8.60%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 30.33% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sun Life Financial8.60% 17.47% 1.16%
Kinsale Capital Group 26.08%30.33%8.61%

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Sun Life Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KNSL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.93B$44.53B$9.98B$19.41B
Dividend Yield0.12%5.89%10.29%3.47%
P/E Ratio31.2013.8948.5726.94
Price / Sales7.681.573,258.8918.06
Price / Cash36.4417.8629.5920.74
Price / Book10.022.032.855.20
Net Income$308.09M$3.97B$1.02B$980.15M
7 Day Performance-1.66%-1.24%0.47%0.26%
1 Month Performance1.39%0.09%3.32%6.84%
1 Year Performance7.95%39.40%20.79%22.99%

Kinsale Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.0287 of 5 stars
$469.63
+1.3%
$446.00
-5.0%
+7.0%$10.93B$1.42B31.20470Analyst Forecast
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.1501 of 5 stars
$57.33
-0.3%
N/A+17.4%$33.24B$34.42B14.6630,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.4615 of 5 stars
$292.94
+1.7%
$309.14
+5.5%
+42.6%$29.75B$9.48B29.3848,000Analyst Forecast
PUK
Prudential
4.1768 of 5 stars
$18.03
-3.8%
N/A-15.8%$24.58B$19.50B8.3115,030Gap Down
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.5334 of 5 stars
$85.87
+0.2%
$85.50
-0.4%
+25.5%$19.89B$13.67B16.3919,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.9553 of 5 stars
$71.08
+1.8%
$66.78
-6.1%
+46.0%$18.51B$2.28B134.124,350Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.8332 of 5 stars
$29.48
-1.2%
$34.42
+16.7%
+46.4%$17.94B$18.84B7.765,700Analyst Forecast
EG
Everest Group
4.3624 of 5 stars
$373.73
+0.3%
$437.00
+16.9%
-0.1%$16.24B$15.78B5.552,844Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EQH
Equitable
4.7415 of 5 stars
$42.83
+0.2%
$48.30
+12.8%
+56.9%$13.93B$11.53B13.268,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.5911 of 5 stars
$6.23
flat
N/A+29.9%$13.72B$30.66B6.7720,634
GL
Globe Life
4.6754 of 5 stars
$104.16
+0.6%
$109.67
+5.3%
-5.0%$9.38B$5.63B9.953,636Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:KNSL) was last updated on 10/10/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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