SIGI vs. WRB, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, and THG
Should you be buying Selective Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Selective Insurance Group include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Selective Insurance Group vs.
Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) and W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.88% compared to Selective Insurance Group's net margin of 4.26%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity.
W. R. Berkley received 26 more outperform votes than Selective Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.77% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Selective Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Selective Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.17%. W. R. Berkley has a consensus price target of $64.36, indicating a potential upside of 6.71%. Given Selective Insurance Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Selective Insurance Group is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.
In the previous week, Selective Insurance Group had 13 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Selective Insurance Group and 16 mentions for W. R. Berkley. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Selective Insurance Group's score of 0.09 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than Selective Insurance Group. W. R. Berkley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Selective Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Selective Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Selective Insurance Group pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.3% 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. Selective Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats Selective Insurance Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIGI) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
