MKL vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and AXS
Should you be buying Markel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markel Group include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and AXIS Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Markel Group vs. Its Competitors
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group currently has a consensus target price of $1,727.75, indicating a potential downside of 10.40%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $271.11, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Markel Group. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Travelers Companies received 296 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.33% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Markel Group has a net margin of 16.34% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 19.06% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Markel Group had 2 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Markel Group and 23 mentions for Travelers Companies. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Markel Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Markel Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MKL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
