WRB vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and AXS
Should you be buying W.R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.R. Berkley include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and Axis Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
W.R. Berkley vs. Its Competitors
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and W.R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W.R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of W.R. Berkley shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 5 more articles in the media than W.R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Travelers Companies and 22 mentions for W.R. Berkley. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat W.R. Berkley's score of 1.04 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travelers Companies presently has a consensus target price of $271.11, indicating a potential upside of 2.64%. W.R. Berkley has a consensus target price of $71.42, indicating a potential downside of 0.10%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than W.R. Berkley.
W.R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.43% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 9.09%. W.R. Berkley's return on equity of 19.66% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. W.R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.R. Berkley pays out 8.4% 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. Travelers Companies has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and W.R. Berkley has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than W.R. Berkley. Travelers Companies 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.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.R. Berkley has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats W.R. Berkley on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WRB) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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