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