WRB vs. CINF, CNA, RLI, SIGI, AXS, ACGL, 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), AXIS Capital (AXS), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Everest Group (EG), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cincinnati Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 5 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 10 mentions for W. R. Berkley. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 0.42 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 21.6% 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.
W. R. Berkley received 58 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.14% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote while only 50.60% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. R. Berkley currently has a consensus target price of $90.38, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $124.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.01%. Given W. R. Berkley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 22.16% compared to W. R. Berkley's net margin of 12.23%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 21.01% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats Cincinnati Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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