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$74.13 -0.13 (-0.18%)
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RLI vs. WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, FAF, and THG

Should you be buying RLI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLI include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

RLI vs.

W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 23.3% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of RLI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

W. R. Berkley presently has a consensus price target of $70.64, indicating a potential downside of 2.12%. RLI has a consensus price target of $78.60, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. Given RLI's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLI is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
W. R. Berkley
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
RLI
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLI pays out 21.1% 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. W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and RLI has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years. RLI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

RLI has a net margin of 19.53% compared to W. R. Berkley's net margin of 12.88%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat RLI's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
W. R. Berkley12.88% 20.83% 4.27%
RLI 19.53%16.63%4.76%

W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 16 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 17 mentions for RLI. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat RLI's score of 0.71 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
W. R. Berkley
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
RLI
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. W. R. Berkley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
W. R. Berkley$13.95B1.96$1.76B$4.3116.74
RLI$1.73B3.93$345.78M$3.0424.38

W. R. Berkley received 70 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.75% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 50.29% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
W. R. BerkleyOutperform Votes
341
50.29%
Underperform Votes
337
49.71%
RLIOutperform Votes
271
54.75%
Underperform Votes
224
45.25%

Summary

W. R. Berkley beats RLI on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RLI vs. The Competition

MetricRLIFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.80B$47.10B$11.48B$19.29B
Dividend Yield0.79%2.22%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio19.7912.0722.4234.52
Price / Sales3.936.2427.6034.82
Price / Cash28.8416.8117.6217.51
Price / Book4.462.372.774.69
Net Income$345.78M$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.09%-2.29%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-5.05%4.70%5.23%6.27%
1 Year Performance2.26%22.72%538.04%5.78%

RLI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RLI
RLI
3.4043 of 5 stars
$74.13
-0.2%
$78.60
+6.0%
+0.5%$6.80B$1.73B19.791,000
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.6682 of 5 stars
$72.17
-0.4%
$68.39
-5.2%
+35.2%$27.38B$13.95B16.548,190Analyst Downgrade
MKL
Markel Group
3.703 of 5 stars
$1,917.97
+0.9%
$1,727.75
-9.9%
+12.8%$24.33B$15.56B9.6420,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.4594 of 5 stars
$150.00
+1.5%
$147.40
-1.7%
+22.3%$23.45B$10.97B10.335,150News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
0.9886 of 5 stars
$357.47
+1.2%
N/A-10.2%$16.51B$3.99B33.446,040
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.6148 of 5 stars
$57.69
-0.3%
$71.60
+24.1%
+4.6%$15.84B$13.36B12.4128,300Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.3285 of 5 stars
$48.97
+1.1%
$50.50
+3.1%
+5.7%$13.25B$14.18B13.916,100News Coverage
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ORI
Old Republic International
4.4319 of 5 stars
$37.89
-0.1%
$42.00
+10.9%
+17.1%$9.36B$8.33B14.419,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.3328 of 5 stars
$100.58
-0.6%
$107.75
+7.1%
+37.6%$7.91B$6.04B8.142,080Dividend Announcement
FAF
First American Financial
4.6363 of 5 stars
$60.51
+1.2%
$75.00
+23.9%
-1.5%$6.23B$6.28B48.4121,200Analyst Upgrade
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.1345 of 5 stars
$167.69
+0.6%
$179.50
+7.0%
+24.1%$6.02B$6.27B14.344,400Positive News

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This page (NYSE:RLI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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