EG vs. L, CINF, WRB, CNA, RNR, AFG, KNSL, RLI, AXS, and SIGI
Should you be buying Everest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Everest Group include Loews (L), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), CNA Financial (CNA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), American Financial Group (AFG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Everest Group (NYSE:EG) and Loews (NYSE:L) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
92.6% of Everest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Loews shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Everest Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Loews shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Everest Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Loews had 5 more articles in the media than Everest Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Loews and 10 mentions for Everest Group. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Loews' score of 0.84 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Everest Group has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Loews' net margin of 9.27%. Everest Group's return on equity of 24.86% beat Loews' return on equity.
Everest Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Loews. Everest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Everest Group currently has a consensus target price of $432.11, indicating a potential upside of 9.97%. Loews has a consensus target price of $170.00, indicating a potential upside of 118.68%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Loews is more favorable than Everest Group.
Loews received 259 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Loews an outperform vote.
Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Everest Group pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loews pays out 3.7% 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.
Summary
Everest Group beats Loews on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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