MKL vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, ERIE, WRB, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, and RLI
Should you be buying Markel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markel Group include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and RLI (RLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 7.32%. Markel Group's return on equity of 13.94% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Travelers Companies received 275 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Markel Group. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Travelers Companies and 14 mentions for Markel Group. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Markel Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travelers Companies presently has a consensus price target of $222.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Markel Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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