WRB vs. CINF, CNA, RLI, SIGI, ACGL, AXS, ALL, TRV, EG, and L
Should you be buying W. R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. R. Berkley include Cincinnati Financial (CINF), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), AXIS Capital (AXS), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Everest Group (EG), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) and W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 22.16% compared to Cincinnati Financial's net margin of 12.23%. Cincinnati Financial's return on equity of 21.01% beat W. R. Berkley's return on equity.
Cincinnati Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W. R. Berkley. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cincinnati Financial pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.8% 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. Cincinnati Financial has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years and W. R. Berkley has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
W. R. Berkley received 57 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.15% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote while only 50.60% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 7 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 22 mentions for W. R. Berkley. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 0.28 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cincinnati Financial presently has a consensus price target of $123.57, indicating a potential upside of 6.81%. W. R. Berkley has a consensus price target of $90.63, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Given Cincinnati Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats Cincinnati Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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