MCY vs. WTM, THG, SAFT, HCI, EIG, AXS, AMSF, SIGI, RLI, and CNA
Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), AXIS Capital (AXS), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), and CNA Financial (CNA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) and Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercury General pays out 73.0% 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.
88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Mercury General shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Mercury General 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.
Mercury General received 18 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.42% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mercury General had 3 more articles in the media than White Mountains Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mercury General and 1 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group. Mercury General's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat White Mountains Insurance Group's score of -0.07 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
White Mountains Insurance Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercury General. White Mountains Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercury General, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury General has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 36.12%. Given White Mountains Insurance Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mercury General is more favorable than White Mountains Insurance Group.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury General has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a net margin of 23.50% compared to White Mountains Insurance Group's net margin of 2.08%. Mercury General's return on equity of 4.08% beat White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity.
Summary
White Mountains Insurance Group beats Mercury General on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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