W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) Vs. PGR, TRV, ALL, CINF, ACGL, MKL, FNF, CNA, FAF, and ORI
Should you be buying W. R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. R. Berkley include Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), and Old Republic International (ORI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
W. R. Berkley vs.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 26 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Travelers Companies and 7 mentions for W. R. Berkley. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 0.14 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.64%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 12.93% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
W. R. Berkley currently has a consensus price target of $88.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.52%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $166.62, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Given W. R. Berkley's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. W. R. Berkley pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 24.7% 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 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.
74.4% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Travelers Companies received 258 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.47% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 52.30% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
W. R. Berkley and Travelers Companies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WRB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) vs. Its Competitors
W. R. Berkley Competitors List
