THG vs. MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, and SIGI
Should you be buying The Hanover Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hanover Insurance Group include Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hanover Insurance Group vs.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Markel Group has a net margin of 16.34% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 6.83%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 18.01% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
The Hanover Insurance Group received 71 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.32% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Hanover Insurance Group had 4 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 14 mentions for Markel Group. The Hanover Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Markel Group's score of 1.16 indicating that The Hanover Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by company 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.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group currently has a consensus price target of $1,727.75, suggesting a potential downside of 6.80%. The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $179.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.51%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Markel Group.
Summary
The Hanover Insurance Group beats Markel Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:THG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
