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.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 25 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Travelers Companies and 12 mentions for Markel Group. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Markel Group's score of 0.79 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies received 296 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.24% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 52.75% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Markel Group currently has a consensus price target of $1,727.75, indicating a potential downside of 7.00%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $270.42, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Markel Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MKL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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