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.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 7.32%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 13.94% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
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.
Markel Group currently has a consensus price target of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Travelers Companies has a consensus price target of $222.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.
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. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.52 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Markel Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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