RNR vs. RGA, ESGR, GLRE, MHLD, HIG, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, and L
Should you be buying RenaissanceRe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RenaissanceRe include Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Enstar Group (ESGR), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Maiden (MHLD), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), and Loews (L).
RenaissanceRe vs. Its 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 community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America and Reinsurance Group of America both had 6 articles in the media. 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 news media.
Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Reinsurance Group of America currently has a consensus target price of $228.85, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. RenaissanceRe has a consensus target price of $283.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Reinsurance Group of America.
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 0.6%. 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and RenaissanceRe has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
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.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Reinsurance Group of America on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RNR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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