ORI vs. MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, CNA, RLI, AXS, SIGI, and FAF
Should you be buying Old Republic International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Republic International include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and First American Financial (FAF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 9.52%. Markel Group's return on equity of 12.15% beat Old Republic International's return on equity.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Republic International has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Old Republic International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Old Republic International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Markel Group received 54 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.57% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Old Republic International. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Republic International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Markel Group had 9 more articles in the media than Old Republic International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Markel Group and 4 mentions for Old Republic International. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Old Republic International's score of 0.96 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Markel Group currently has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. Old Republic International has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Old Republic International is more favorable than Markel Group.
Summary
Markel Group beats Old Republic International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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