RNR vs. ESGR, RE, KNSL, AFG, CNA, SIGI, RLI, AXS, THG, and L
Should you be buying RenaissanceRe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RenaissanceRe include Enstar Group (ESGR), Everest Re Group (RE), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), American Financial Group (AFG), CNA Financial (CNA), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
RenaissanceRe vs.
RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
RenaissanceRe currently has a consensus price target of $210.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.19%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Enstar Group.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to RenaissanceRe's net margin of -1.61%. RenaissanceRe's return on equity of 11.89% beat Enstar Group's return on equity.
Enstar Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RenaissanceRe. RenaissanceRe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enstar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RenaissanceRe had 3 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RenaissanceRe and 3 mentions for Enstar Group. Enstar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat RenaissanceRe's score of 0.82 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.5% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Enstar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Enstar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RenaissanceRe received 106 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 52.33% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
Summary
Enstar Group beats RenaissanceRe on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RNR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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