CINF vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, WRB, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and AXS
Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and AXIS Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Cincinnati Financial vs.
Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Travelers Companies received 324 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.93% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 51.36% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
Cincinnati Financial currently has a consensus target price of $151.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.74%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $261.05, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Cincinnati Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cincinnati Financial is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cincinnati Financial pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 19.6% 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. Cincinnati Financial has raised its dividend for 65 consecutive years and Travelers Companies has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Cincinnati Financial. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 20.22% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 19.06% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 25 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Financial. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Travelers Companies and 13 mentions for Cincinnati Financial. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 0.45 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats Cincinnati Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CINF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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