ESGR vs. THG, KMPR, SIGI, RLI, LMND, RGA, RNR, GLRE, MHLD, and CINF
Should you be buying Enstar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enstar Group include The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Kemper (KMPR), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), Lemonade (LMND), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Maiden (MHLD), and Cincinnati Financial (CINF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
81.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $146.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.66%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Enstar Group.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 2.67%. Enstar Group's return on equity of 18.33% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Hanover Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 3 mentions for Enstar Group. Enstar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hanover Insurance Group received 116 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Enstar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hanover Insurance Group. Enstar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enstar Group beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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