RY vs. MKL, AB, TFSL, CNO, AVAL, TCBI, PPBI, RONI, FSCO, and OXLC
Should you be buying Royal Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Bank of Canada include Markel Group (MKL), AllianceBernstein (AB), TFS Financial (TFSL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), and Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC).
Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada and Royal Bank of Canada both had 10 articles in the media. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.55 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.25%. Markel Group has a consensus target price of $1,450.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.94%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Markel Group.
Markel Group has a net margin of 12.63% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.43%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 14.74% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Markel Group. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Royal Bank of Canada received 401 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.29% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 55.92% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Markel Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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