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NYSE:KNSL

Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL) Competitors

$425.70
-0.44 (-0.10%)
(As of 09/25/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$423.77
$430.00
50-Day Range
$366.13
$425.50
52-Week Range
$240.35
$430.00
Volume
147,441 shs
Average Volume
160,371 shs
Market Capitalization
$9.86 billion
P/E Ratio
43.22
Dividend Yield
0.13%
Price Target
$420.29

KNSL vs. AFG, RNR, RLI, SIGI, AXS, L, THG, ESGR, WTM, and KMPR

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), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Loews (L), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Enstar Group (ESGR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), and Kemper (KMPR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.

Kinsale Capital Group vs.

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

Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 5 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 2 mentions for American Financial Group. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.95 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

83.7% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of American Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of American Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kinsale Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of $420.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. American Financial Group has a consensus target price of $143.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.84%. Given American Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Financial Group is more favorable than Kinsale Capital Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
American Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 25.2% 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.

American Financial Group received 12 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.86% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kinsale Capital GroupOutperform Votes
303
68.86%
Underperform Votes
137
31.14%
American Financial GroupOutperform Votes
315
60.34%
Underperform Votes
207
39.66%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kinsale Capital Group$819.20M12.04$159.11M$9.8543.22
American Financial Group$7.04B1.37$898M$10.0011.33

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 22.60% compared to American Financial Group's net margin of 11.38%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 29.11% beat American Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kinsale Capital Group22.60% 29.11% 7.74%
American Financial Group 11.38%22.51%3.09%

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats American Financial Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KNSL vs. The Competition

MetricKinsale Capital GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.86B$37.14B$6.84B$15.30B
Dividend Yield0.13%2.63%15.88%3.70%
P/E Ratio43.2214.7683.5021.31
Price / Sales12.041.693,461.806.26
Price / Cash53.7437.2533.8515.16
Price / Book13.191.902.116.74
Net Income$159.11M-$298.86M$711.30M$898.81M
7 Day Performance2.44%-0.12%-0.14%-2.17%
1 Month Performance11.12%1.63%3.99%-1.73%
1 Year Performance73.22%12.69%6.70%8.91%

Kinsale Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFG
American Financial Group
2.9529 of 5 stars
$114.48
+0.9%
$143.75
+25.6%
-8.2%$9.71B$7.04B11.456,900Positive News
RNR
RenaissanceRe
2.3693 of 5 stars
$205.89
+2.1%
$230.71
+12.1%
+47.3%$10.54B$7.35B25.74718Positive News
RLI
RLI
2.4248 of 5 stars
$139.02
+0.6%
$158.67
+14.1%
+35.1%$6.34B$1.70B8.921,001Analyst Revision
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
2.8113 of 5 stars
$102.61
+1.2%
$101.86
-0.7%
+29.7%$6.14B$3.89B23.112,520Positive News
AXS
AXIS Capital
2.2026 of 5 stars
$57.85
+1.4%
$62.20
+7.5%
+13.8%$4.93B$5.14B14.612,064Dividend Announcement
L
Loews
1.9242 of 5 stars
$65.08
+0.8%
N/A+26.5%$14.68B$14.04B12.3712,050Positive News
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.1008 of 5 stars
$112.07
-0.4%
$143.29
+27.9%
-14.9%$4.01B$5.47B-43.104,600Positive News
ESGR
Enstar Group
0 of 5 stars
$247.93
-0.4%
N/A+28.9%$3.97B$789M18.66792Positive News
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
2.1675 of 5 stars
$1,509.13
-3.1%
N/A+27.5%$3.86B$1.16B3.77803Positive News
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KMPR
Kemper
2.0888 of 5 stars
$46.37
-1.3%
$72.00
+55.3%
-0.6%$2.97B$5.58B-9.609,500

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