MCY vs. CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, THG, FAF, SIGI, WTM, AGO, and HTH
Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), and Hilltop (HTH). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Mercury General vs. Its Competitors
CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) and Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Mercury General has a net margin of 8.55% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 6.72%. Mercury General's return on equity of 22.54% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.
CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. CNA Financial pays out 56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercury General pays out 24.6% 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. CNA Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. CNA Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CNA Financial has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury General has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.4% of CNA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Mercury General shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Mercury General shares are held 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.
CNA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury General. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mercury General had 2 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mercury General and 2 mentions for CNA Financial. CNA Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Mercury General's score of 0.91 indicating that CNA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CNA Financial received 48 more outperform votes than Mercury General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote while only 51.23% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
CNA Financial presently has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. Mercury General has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.49%. Given Mercury General's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mercury General is more favorable than CNA Financial.
Summary
Mercury General beats CNA Financial on 11 of the 21 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 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
