Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) Competitors

Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) and RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is RGA or RNR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reinsurance Group of America	3.24%	14.55%	1.33%
RenaissanceRe	15.99%	23.41%	4.41%

Which has more volatility and risk, RGA or RNR?

Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RGA or RNR?

95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RGA or RNR?

RenaissanceRe received 17 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.84% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reinsurance Group of America	Outperform Votes 354 52.84%	Underperform Votes 316 47.16%
RenaissanceRe	Outperform Votes 371 51.39%	Underperform Votes 351 48.61%

Which has better earnings and valuation, RGA or RNR?

RenaissanceRe has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reinsurance Group of America	$20.94B	0.64	$717M	$11.85	17.12
RenaissanceRe	$12.52B	0.93	$1.87B	$31.35	7.62

Does the media favor RGA or RNR?

In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 8 more articles in the media than RenaissanceRe. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 15 mentions for RenaissanceRe. RenaissanceRe's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 1.55 indicating that RenaissanceRe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reinsurance Group of America	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
RenaissanceRe	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend RGA or RNR?

Reinsurance Group of America presently has a consensus price target of $228.85, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. RenaissanceRe has a consensus price target of $283.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.69%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Reinsurance Group of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reinsurance Group of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
RenaissanceRe	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Is RGA or RNR a better dividend stock?

Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. RenaissanceRe pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RenaissanceRe pays out 5.1% 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. Reinsurance Group of America has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and RenaissanceRe has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Summary

RenaissanceRe beats Reinsurance Group of America on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.