WRB vs. ACGL, CINF, AFG, AXS, BRK.B, FAF, HCI, HIG, KNSL, and PGR
Should you be buying W.R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.R. Berkley include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), American Financial Group (AFG), Axis Capital (AXS), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), First American Financial (FAF), HCI Group (HCI), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and Progressive (PGR). These companies are all part of the "ins - prop&caslty" industry.
W.R. Berkley vs. Its Competitors
W.R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
68.8% of W.R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of W.R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
W.R. Berkley presently has a consensus price target of $72.54, suggesting a potential downside of 0.55%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus price target of $111.27, suggesting a potential upside of 20.65%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than W.R. Berkley.
Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than W.R. Berkley. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 6 more articles in the media than W.R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 18 mentions for W.R. Berkley. W.R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Arch Capital Group's score of 1.56 indicating that W.R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to W.R. Berkley's net margin of 12.32%. W.R. Berkley's return on equity of 18.83% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.
W.R. Berkley has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats W.R. Berkley on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WRB) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
