White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) Competitors

White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) and Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, WTM or FNF?

White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WTM or FNF?

In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 8 more articles in the media than White Mountains Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 7 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group. White Mountains Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 1.38 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
White Mountains Insurance Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Fidelity National Financial	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WTM or FNF?

88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate WTM or FNF?

Fidelity National Financial has a consensus target price of $71.60, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Given Fidelity National Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than White Mountains Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
White Mountains Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is WTM or FNF a better dividend stock?

White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 43.0% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTM or FNF?

Fidelity National Financial received 197 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
White Mountains Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 224 59.26%	Underperform Votes 154 40.74%
Fidelity National Financial	Outperform Votes 421 64.08%	Underperform Votes 236 35.92%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WTM or FNF?

Fidelity National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than White Mountains Insurance Group. Fidelity National Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than White Mountains Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
White Mountains Insurance Group	$2.35B	1.96	$230.40M	$89.99	19.94
Fidelity National Financial	$13.36B	1.34	$517M	$4.65	13.99

Is WTM or FNF more profitable?

White Mountains Insurance Group has a net margin of 10.29% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 9.28%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 15.36% beat White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
White Mountains Insurance Group	10.29%	10.56%	5.27%
Fidelity National Financial	9.28%	15.36%	1.42%

Summary

Fidelity National Financial beats White Mountains Insurance Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.