FAF vs. MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, and SIGI
Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 3.64%. Markel Group's return on equity of 11.18% beat First American Financial's return on equity.
First American Financial has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First American Financial presently has a consensus target price of $67.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.90%. Markel Group has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given First American Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Markel Group.
Markel Group received 18 more outperform votes than First American Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.57% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.
89.1% of First American Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First American Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held 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.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First American Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Markel Group had 12 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Markel Group and 2 mentions for First American Financial. First American Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Markel Group's score of 1.04 indicating that First American Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
First American Financial and Markel Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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