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.
The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to Enstar Group's net margin of 2.67%. The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity of 18.33% beat Enstar Group's return on equity.
Enstar Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock 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.
The Hanover Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $146.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Given Enstar Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than Enstar Group.
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. The Hanover Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Enstar Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Enstar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Enstar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Enstar Group beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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