RGA vs. RNR, ESGR, GLRE, MHLD, MET, SLF, PRU, PUK, CRBG, and AEG
Should you be buying Reinsurance Group of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reinsurance Group of America include RenaissanceRe (RNR), Enstar Group (ESGR), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Maiden (MHLD), MetLife (MET), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Financial (PRU), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Reinsurance Group of America vs. Its Competitors
RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RenaissanceRe has a net margin of 15.99% compared to Reinsurance Group of America's net margin of 3.24%. RenaissanceRe's return on equity of 23.41% beat Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity.
100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 2 more articles in the media than RenaissanceRe. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 6 mentions for RenaissanceRe. RenaissanceRe's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 1.17 indicating that RenaissanceRe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RenaissanceRe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Reinsurance Group of America. RenaissanceRe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reinsurance Group of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RenaissanceRe presently has a consensus target price of $283.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus target price of $228.85, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Reinsurance Group of America.
RenaissanceRe received 17 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.76% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
RenaissanceRe pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. RenaissanceRe pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 30.0% 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 30 consecutive years and Reinsurance Group of America has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Reinsurance Group of America on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RGA) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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