THG vs. WRB, 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 W. R. Berkley (WRB), 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.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Hanover Insurance Group received 30 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.51% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 30.8% 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 The Hanover Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 10 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 5 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. The Hanover Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 0.92 indicating that The Hanover Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W. R. Berkley presently has a consensus price target of $64.36, indicating a potential upside of 6.57%. The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $175.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.03%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.88% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 6.83%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. W. R. Berkley 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.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:THG) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
