Hallmark Financial Services (HALL) Competitors $0.03 0.00 (-1.95%) As of 02/21/2025 11:14 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesSEC FilingsTrends HALL vs. BRK.B, PGR, TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, WRB, CINF, ERIE, and FNFShould 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), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), 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. Berkshire Hathaway Progressive Travelers Companies Allstate Arch Capital Group Markel Group W. R. Berkley Cincinnati Financial Erie Indemnity Fidelity National Financial Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) and Hallmark Financial Services (NASDAQ:HALL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRK.B or HALL? Berkshire Hathaway received 65 more outperform votes than Hallmark Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.75% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 41.12% of users gave Hallmark Financial Services an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBerkshire HathawayOutperform Votes27167.75% Underperform Votes12932.25% Hallmark Financial ServicesOutperform Votes20641.12% Underperform Votes29558.88% Do analysts prefer BRK.B or HALL? Berkshire Hathaway currently has a consensus target price of $457.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.40%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Hallmark Financial Services.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Berkshire Hathaway 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Hallmark Financial Services 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, BRK.B or HALL? Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallmark Financial Services has a beta of -7.49, suggesting that its share price is 849% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BRK.B or HALL? Berkshire Hathaway has higher revenue and earnings than Hallmark Financial Services. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBerkshire Hathaway$364.48B2.83$96.22B$49.509.67Hallmark Financial Services$286.99M0.00-$108.11MN/AN/A Is BRK.B or HALL more profitable? Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Hallmark Financial Services' net margin of 0.00%. Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity of 6.94% beat Hallmark Financial Services' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Berkshire Hathaway28.89% 6.94% 3.77% Hallmark Financial Services N/A N/A N/A Does the media prefer BRK.B or HALL? In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 30 more articles in the media than Hallmark Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 0 mentions for Hallmark Financial Services. Hallmark Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.15 indicating that Hallmark Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Berkshire Hathaway Neutral Hallmark Financial Services Neutral Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BRK.B or HALL? 39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.6% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryBerkshire Hathaway beats Hallmark Financial Services on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Hallmark Financial Services News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HALL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HALL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHallmark Financial ServicesInsurance carriers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$50,000.00$21.09B$11.72B$9.15BDividend YieldN/A3.83%5.37%3.85%P/E RatioN/A47.5824.1619.16Price / Sales0.000.8626.4470.72Price / CashN/A30.4117.9134.83Price / BookN/A1.362.594.62Net Income-$108.11M$2.10B$1.03B$246.06M7 Day PerformanceN/A-2.16%-1.41%-2.63%1 Month PerformanceN/A0.78%0.67%-2.15%1 Year PerformanceN/A37.86%14.92%12.88% Hallmark Financial Services Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HALLHallmark Financial ServicesN/A$0.03-1.9%N/A-97.0%$50,000.00$286.99M0.00410Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeBRK.BBerkshire Hathaway0.7644 of 5 stars$479.77-0.2%$457.50-4.6%+16.9%$1.03T$364.48B9.69396,500News CoveragePGRProgressive4.5582 of 5 stars$262.71+0.2%$275.71+4.9%+39.8%$153.90B$75.37B18.2461,400Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsTRVTravelers Companies4.6731 of 5 stars$238.25-2.0%$260.47+9.3%+9.3%$54.09B$46.42B11.1033,300Analyst UpgradeALLAllstate4.9438 of 5 stars$187.53-2.7%$217.94+16.2%+16.6%$49.66B$64.11B11.0453,400Analyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeACGLArch Capital Group4.9424 of 5 stars$88.20-2.2%$116.53+32.1%+4.0%$33.18B$13.63B5.926,400Analyst ForecastMKLMarkel Group3.7774 of 5 stars$1,869.04-1.5%$1,685.17-9.8%+25.7%$24.04B$16.62B9.3921,600Positive NewsWRBW. 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Berkley4.627 of 5 stars$60.39-1.8%$64.36+6.6%+9.6%$23.01B$13.64B13.848,329Analyst DowngradePositive NewsCINFCincinnati Financial4.9489 of 5 stars$136.97-0.2%$151.00+10.2%+21.5%$21.41B$10.01B7.045,426Short Interest ↓ERIEErie Indemnity1.6611 of 5 stars$388.95-0.9%N/A+9.3%$17.97B$3.27B36.386,556FNFFidelity National Financial4.5338 of 5 stars$57.91+0.4%$66.40+14.7%+12.6%$15.85B$11.75B21.061,200Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BRK.B Alternatives PGR Alternatives TRV Alternatives ALL Alternatives ACGL Alternatives MKL Alternatives WRB Alternatives CINF Alternatives ERIE Alternatives FNF Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:HALL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Real Hillbilly ElegyThe mountains of Appalachia are incredible to behold. 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