AXS vs. THG, WTM, SIGI, RLI, MCY, CNA, CINF, WRB, ESGR, and KMPR
Should you be buying AXIS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXIS Capital include The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), Mercury General (MCY), CNA Financial (CNA), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Kemper (KMPR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, AXIS Capital had 12 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for AXIS Capital and 12 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. The Hanover Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat AXIS Capital's score of 0.45 indicating that The Hanover Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AXIS Capital received 2 more outperform votes than The Hanover Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.03% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 54.37% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote.
93.4% of AXIS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AXIS Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AXIS Capital currently has a consensus price target of $67.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.13%. The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $143.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.92%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than AXIS Capital.
AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AXIS Capital has a net margin of 10.34% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 2.67%. AXIS Capital's return on equity of 19.11% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
AXIS Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hanover Insurance Group. AXIS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. AXIS Capital pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AXIS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
AXIS Capital beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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