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Cincinnati Financial (CINF) Competitors

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$151.78 +2.23 (+1.49%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

CINF vs. L, RE, RNR, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, ERIE, and FNF

Should you be buying Cincinnati Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cincinnati Financial include Loews (L), Everest Re Group (RE), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), and Fidelity National Financial (FNF).

Cincinnati Financial vs.

Loews (NYSE:L) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

Loews has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

58.3% of Loews shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Loews shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cincinnati Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loews. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Loews$16.96B1.07$1.43B$7.5311.11
Cincinnati Financial$12.16B1.95$1.84B$19.467.80

In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Loews. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 12 mentions for Loews. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Loews' score of 0.56 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Loews
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cincinnati Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Loews pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 16.6% 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 64 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Loews received 10 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Loews an outperform vote while only 51.17% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LoewsOutperform Votes
272
60.71%
Underperform Votes
176
39.29%
Cincinnati FinancialOutperform Votes
262
51.17%
Underperform Votes
250
48.83%

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 25.26% compared to Loews' net margin of 9.71%. Loews' return on equity of 9.70% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Loews9.71% 9.70% 2.06%
Cincinnati Financial 25.26%8.25%3.06%

Loews presently has a consensus target price of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.86%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $138.57, suggesting a potential downside of 8.70%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Loews is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Loews
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cincinnati Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Cincinnati Financial beats Loews on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CINF vs. The Competition

MetricCincinnati FinancialFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.73B$45.27B$11.00B$8.66B
Dividend Yield2.17%7.51%5.94%4.06%
P/E Ratio7.8010.6328.4817.46
Price / Sales1.951.9345.0469.04
Price / Cash22.2419.5618.4936.36
Price / Book1.722.233.695.87
Net Income$1.84B$3.90B$998.34M$225.66M
7 Day Performance2.08%0.99%-0.06%-1.34%
1 Month Performance7.42%5.10%1.86%1.15%
1 Year Performance50.44%52.67%24.78%24.02%

Cincinnati Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.6074 of 5 stars
$151.78
+1.5%
$138.57
-8.7%
+50.2%$23.73B$12.16B7.805,426Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
L
Loews
4.6163 of 5 stars
$83.67
+1.1%
N/A+24.8%$18.22B$16.96B11.1112,280Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
RE
Everest Re Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A$13.80B$12.06B20.842,428
RNR
RenaissanceRe
4.4547 of 5 stars
$260.18
+1.3%
N/A+27.3%$13.51B$9.13B3.75925Analyst Forecast
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.6564 of 5 stars
$260.82
+1.7%
N/A+51.9%$59.21B$41.36B13.3833,300Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.9475 of 5 stars
$196.88
+0.6%
N/A+46.1%$52.13B$57.09B12.7553,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.5167 of 5 stars
$101.83
+1.8%
N/A+21.6%$38.31B$16.21B6.836,400Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.8378 of 5 stars
$60.74
+1.8%
N/A+30.6%$23.15B$12.14B15.568,329Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
MKL
Markel Group
3.561 of 5 stars
$1,707.64
-0.1%
N/A+23.7%$21.96B$17.29B7.8821,600Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
3.4685 of 5 stars
$405.00
-0.3%
N/A+44.1%$18.71B$3.82B37.896,556Short Interest ↑
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.7566 of 5 stars
$60.74
-0.4%
N/A+36.8%$16.62B$11.75B22.091,200Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:CINF) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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