RNR vs. ESGR, CNA, AFG, KNSL, RLI, SIGI, L, AXS, THG, and WTM
Should you be buying RenaissanceRe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RenaissanceRe include Enstar Group (ESGR), CNA Financial (CNA), American Financial Group (AFG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Loews (L), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), and White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM).
RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 78.24% compared to RenaissanceRe's net margin of 28.04%. RenaissanceRe's return on equity of 26.93% beat Enstar Group's return on equity.
RenaissanceRe has higher revenue and earnings than Enstar Group. Enstar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RenaissanceRe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RenaissanceRe received 109 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 51.69% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
RenaissanceRe presently has a consensus target price of $247.89, suggesting a potential upside of 13.03%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Enstar Group.
In the previous week, RenaissanceRe had 7 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RenaissanceRe and 2 mentions for Enstar Group. Enstar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat RenaissanceRe's score of 0.94 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Enstar Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Enstar Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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