RE vs. RNR, ESGR, L, WRB, CINF, CNA, AFG, KNSL, SIGI, and RLI
Should you be buying Everest Re Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Everest Re Group include RenaissanceRe (RNR), Enstar Group (ESGR), Loews (L), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), American Financial Group (AFG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and RLI (RLI). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Everest Re Group vs.
RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Everest Re Group (NYSE:RE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
95.5% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Everest Re Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Everest Re Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Everest Re Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to RenaissanceRe's net margin of -1.61%. Everest Re Group's return on equity of 12.98% beat RenaissanceRe's return on equity.
In the previous week, RenaissanceRe had 2 more articles in the media than Everest Re Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RenaissanceRe and 4 mentions for Everest Re Group. RenaissanceRe's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Everest Re Group's score of 0.51 indicating that RenaissanceRe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Everest Re Group has higher revenue and earnings than RenaissanceRe. RenaissanceRe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everest Re Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RenaissanceRe pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Everest Re Group pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. RenaissanceRe pays out -42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Re Group pays out 39.1% 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. RenaissanceRe has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Everest Re Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Re Group has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RenaissanceRe received 16 more outperform votes than Everest Re Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.04% of users gave Everest Re Group an outperform vote while only 52.41% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
RenaissanceRe currently has a consensus target price of $210.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.13%. Everest Re Group has a consensus target price of $410.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Everest Re Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Everest Re Group is more favorable than RenaissanceRe.
Summary
Everest Re Group beats RenaissanceRe on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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