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Hallmark Financial Services (HALL) Competitors

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$0.05 0.00 (-6.54%)
As of 08/29/2025 11:04 AM Eastern

HALL vs. BRK.B, PGR, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, and FNF

Should you be buying Hallmark Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hallmark Financial Services include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W.R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), and Fidelity National Financial (FNF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Hallmark Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

Hallmark Financial Services (NASDAQ:HALL) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 17.00% compared to Hallmark Financial Services' net margin of 0.00%. Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity of 6.96% beat Hallmark Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hallmark Financial ServicesN/A N/A N/A
Berkshire Hathaway 17.00%6.96%3.92%

In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 18 more articles in the media than Hallmark Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 0 mentions for Hallmark Financial Services. Berkshire Hathaway's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Hallmark Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Berkshire Hathaway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hallmark Financial Services Neutral
Berkshire Hathaway Neutral

Hallmark Financial Services has a beta of -11.02, meaning that its share price is 1,202% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Berkshire Hathaway has a consensus target price of $575.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Hallmark Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hallmark Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

5.6% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held 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.

Berkshire Hathaway has higher revenue and earnings than Hallmark Financial Services.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hallmark Financial Services$165.95M0.00-$108.11MN/AN/A
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.92$89.00B$29.1717.25

Summary

Berkshire Hathaway beats Hallmark Financial Services on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HALL vs. The Competition

MetricHallmark Financial ServicesInsurance carriers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$104K$3.43B$12.48B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/A9.44%5.43%4.04%
P/E RatioN/A75.67228.5926.61
Price / Sales0.000.3731.68176.28
Price / CashN/A133.5122.2359.65
Price / BookN/A0.782.356.59
Net Income-$108.11M$214.63M$1.01B$266.12M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.02%0.24%0.16%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.78%3.26%3.02%
1 Year PerformanceN/A30.41%537.67%19.65%

Hallmark Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
N/A$0.05
-6.5%
N/A+49,900.0%$104K$165.95M0.00410
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
1.6699 of 5 stars
$485.03
+1.4%
$575.00
+18.5%
+7.4%$1.03T$397.15B16.63392,400
PGR
Progressive
4.3678 of 5 stars
$250.69
+1.5%
$284.53
+13.5%
-1.2%$144.85B$75.37B14.1266,308Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.5476 of 5 stars
$268.73
+1.4%
$284.56
+5.9%
+20.0%$59.64B$46.42B11.8934,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
ALL
Allstate
4.9693 of 5 stars
$210.28
+1.5%
$229.33
+9.1%
+8.1%$54.57B$64.11B9.8955,400Positive News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.7435 of 5 stars
$91.84
+1.6%
$112.13
+22.1%
-18.9%$33.72B$17.44B9.487,200News Coverage
Positive News
WRB
W.R. Berkley
4.5621 of 5 stars
$71.56
+1.5%
$72.54
+1.4%
+21.0%$26.74B$13.64B16.308,606Positive News
MKL
Markel Group
3.2265 of 5 stars
$1,954.02
+1.6%
$1,820.33
-6.8%
+23.3%$24.32B$16.62B11.7222,000
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.4877 of 5 stars
$152.38
+1.7%
$159.40
+4.6%
+13.3%$23.42B$11.34B13.225,624Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
2.5004 of 5 stars
$362.97
+0.9%
N/A-29.1%$16.62B$3.80B30.356,801Positive News
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.6426 of 5 stars
$59.49
+1.4%
$71.20
+19.7%
+1.7%$15.95B$13.68B15.1023,533Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HALL) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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