RLI vs. MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, SIGI, and FAF
Should you be buying RLI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLI 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), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and First American Financial (FAF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and RLI (NYSE:RLI) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
RLI has a net margin of 20.96% compared to RLI's net margin of 15.23%. Markel Group's return on equity of 17.24% beat RLI's return on equity.
In the previous week, Markel Group had 8 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Markel Group and 6 mentions for RLI. RLI's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Markel Group's score of 0.76 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Markel Group currently has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.41%. RLI has a consensus target price of $163.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLI is more favorable than Markel Group.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLI has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group received 32 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of RLI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
RLI beats Markel Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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