MCY vs. FNF, ERIE, CNA, ORI, AXS, FAF, THG, RLI, SIGI, and WTM
Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), Axis Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Mercury General vs. Its Competitors
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Mercury General currently has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.98%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus target price of $71.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Mercury General.
Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Mercury General pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 50.8% 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. Fidelity National Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Fidelity National Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 11 more articles in the media than Mercury General. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 4 mentions for Mercury General. Mercury General's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 1.22 indicating that Mercury General is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mercury General has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury General. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidelity National Financial has a net margin of 7.93% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 6.76%. Mercury General's return on equity of 16.61% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Fidelity National Financial beats Mercury General on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MCY) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
