MCY vs. WTM, THG, SAFT, EIG, HCI, AMSF, SIGI, AXS, RLI, and CNA
Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), and CNA Financial (CNA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Mercury General received 19 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.42% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 50.73% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
Mercury General has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mercury General and Mercury General both had 4 articles in the media. White Mountains Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Mercury General's score of 0.98 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mercury General presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 41.05%. Given Mercury General's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mercury General is more favorable than White Mountains Insurance Group.
Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Mercury General pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 0.5% 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.
White Mountains Insurance Group has a net margin of 24.81% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 4.48%. Mercury General's return on equity of 9.85% beat White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
White Mountains Insurance Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mercury General. White Mountains Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercury General, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mercury General and White Mountains Insurance Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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