SIGI vs. RLI, AXS, THG, WTM, MCY, MAX, LMND, ROOT, CNA, and CINF
Should you be buying Selective Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Selective Insurance Group include RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), MediaAlpha (MAX), Lemonade (LMND), Root (ROOT), CNA Financial (CNA), and Cincinnati Financial (CINF).
Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, RLI had 30 more articles in the media than Selective Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for RLI and 2 mentions for Selective Insurance Group. RLI's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Selective Insurance Group's score of 0.47 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Selective Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Selective Insurance Group pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLI pays out 14.9% 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.
Selective Insurance Group received 45 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.96% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote.
82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of RLI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Selective Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. Selective Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLI has a net margin of 20.96% compared to Selective Insurance Group's net margin of 8.57%. RLI's return on equity of 17.24% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity.
Selective Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of $105.17, suggesting a potential upside of 4.55%. RLI has a consensus target price of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.65%. Given RLI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RLI is more favorable than Selective Insurance Group.
Summary
RLI beats Selective Insurance Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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