Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RNR or RGA?

100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RNR or RGA a better dividend stock?

RenaissanceRe pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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 33.1% 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 raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Reinsurance Group of America has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RNR or RGA?

RenaissanceRe received 18 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.77% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote while only 51.32% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RenaissanceRe	Outperform Votes 370 51.32%	Underperform Votes 351 48.68%
Reinsurance Group of America	Outperform Votes 352 52.77%	Underperform Votes 315 47.23%

Is RNR or RGA 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
RenaissanceRe	15.99%	23.41%	4.41%
Reinsurance Group of America	3.24%	14.55%	1.33%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RNR or RGA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RenaissanceRe	$12.52B	0.95	$1.87B	$31.35	7.76
Reinsurance Group of America	$22.00B	0.60	$717M	$10.74	18.59

Does the media prefer RNR or RGA?

In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 2 more articles in the media than RenaissanceRe. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 22 mentions for RenaissanceRe. Reinsurance Group of America's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat RenaissanceRe's score of 1.06 indicating that Reinsurance Group of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RenaissanceRe	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reinsurance Group of America	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, RNR or RGA?

RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend RNR or RGA?

RenaissanceRe presently has a consensus target price of $282.60, suggesting a potential upside of 16.17%. Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus target price of $230.15, suggesting a potential upside of 15.26%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Reinsurance Group of America.

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

Summary

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