CINF vs. MKL, WRB, CNA, RLI, SIGI, AXS, THG, ACGL, ALL, and TRV
Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Allstate (ALL), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Markel Group currently has a consensus target price of $1,450.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $124.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.66%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cincinnati Financial is more favorable than Markel Group.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cincinnati Financial. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 21 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 10 mentions for Markel Group. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Markel Group's score of 0.92 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 22.16% compared to Cincinnati Financial's net margin of 12.63%. Cincinnati Financial's return on equity of 11.22% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
Markel Group received 38 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.29% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 50.60% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Markel Group beats Cincinnati Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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