ERIE vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, WRB, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, and RLI
Should you be buying Erie Indemnity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erie Indemnity include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), 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 Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 16 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Travelers Companies and 2 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Erie Indemnity's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.44 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 14.26% compared to Erie Indemnity's net margin of 7.32%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 29.60% beat Erie Indemnity's return on equity.
Travelers Companies received 327 more outperform votes than Erie Indemnity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.59% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Erie Indemnity. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Travelers Companies currently has a consensus target price of $222.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Erie Indemnity's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.
82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Erie Indemnity pays out 55.1% 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. Travelers Companies has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Erie Indemnity has raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Erie Indemnity on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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