PRA vs. ACGL, PLMR, AFG, SIGI, WTM, MCY, AGO, HCI, HTH, and STC
Should you be buying ProAssurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProAssurance include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Palomar (PLMR), American Financial Group (AFG), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), Assured Guaranty (AGO), HCI Group (HCI), Hilltop (HTH), and Stewart Information Services (STC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
ProAssurance vs. Its Competitors
ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
85.6% of ProAssurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of ProAssurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ProAssurance has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 14 more articles in the media than ProAssurance. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 2 mentions for ProAssurance. ProAssurance's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Arch Capital Group's score of 1.27 indicating that ProAssurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ProAssurance currently has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.81%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus target price of $108.71, suggesting a potential upside of 23.71%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than ProAssurance.
Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than ProAssurance. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProAssurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to ProAssurance's net margin of 4.33%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.33% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats ProAssurance on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PRA) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
