SIGI vs. ESGR, THG, WTM, MCY, MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, and CNA
Should you be buying Selective Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Selective Insurance Group include Enstar Group (ESGR), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Mercury General (MCY), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), and CNA Financial (CNA).
Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) and Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Selective Insurance Group had 4 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Selective Insurance Group and 3 mentions for Enstar Group. Selective Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Enstar Group's score of -0.04 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Selective Insurance Group received 63 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Selective Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $105.17, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Given Enstar Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Selective Insurance Group is more favorable than Enstar Group.
81.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Selective Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to Enstar Group's net margin of 8.02%. Selective Insurance Group's return on equity of 18.33% beat Enstar Group's return on equity.
Enstar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Selective Insurance Group. Enstar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Selective Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enstar Group beats Selective Insurance Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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