WRB vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, ERIE, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, and RLI
Should you be buying W. R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. R. Berkley include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), 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.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 14 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Travelers Companies and 4 mentions for W. R. Berkley. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.60 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than W. R. Berkley. W. R. Berkley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $90.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.53%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $222.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given W. R. Berkley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.23% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 7.32%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.51% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies received 255 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats W. R. Berkley on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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