WTM vs. FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, SIGI, FAF, THG, AGO, and MCY
Should you be buying White Mountains Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of White Mountains Insurance Group include Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Assured Guaranty (AGO), and Mercury General (MCY). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) and Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Fidelity National Financial received 188 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.58% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than White Mountains Insurance Group. White Mountains Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 63.2% 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.
88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial 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.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 5 more articles in the media than White Mountains Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 3 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group. White Mountains Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidelity National Financial has a consensus target price of $55.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.35%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than White Mountains Insurance Group.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a net margin of 24.81% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 6.55%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 14.24% beat White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity.
Summary
Fidelity National Financial beats White Mountains Insurance Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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