RNR vs. ESGR, CNA, KNSL, AFG, EG, L, RLI, CINF, SIGI, and AXS
Should you be buying RenaissanceRe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RenaissanceRe include Enstar Group (ESGR), CNA Financial (CNA), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), American Financial Group (AFG), Everest Group (EG), Loews (L), RLI (RLI), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and AXIS Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) and RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
RenaissanceRe has higher revenue and earnings than Enstar Group. Enstar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RenaissanceRe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Enstar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RenaissanceRe received 109 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 51.84% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 78.24% compared to Enstar Group's net margin of 28.04%. Enstar Group's return on equity of 26.93% beat RenaissanceRe's return on equity.
RenaissanceRe has a consensus target price of $240.90, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Enstar Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Enstar Group.
Enstar Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enstar Group had 7 more articles in the media than RenaissanceRe. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Enstar Group and 1 mentions for RenaissanceRe. Enstar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat RenaissanceRe's score of 0.55 indicating that RenaissanceRe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Enstar Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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