AXS vs. WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, FAF, and THG
Should you be buying AXIS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AXIS Capital include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
AXIS Capital vs.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
AXIS Capital received 40 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.72% of users gave AXIS Capital an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of AXIS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AXIS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXIS Capital has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AXIS Capital has a net margin of 18.16% compared to W. R. Berkley's net margin of 12.88%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat AXIS Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, AXIS Capital had 7 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AXIS Capital and 10 mentions for W. R. Berkley. AXIS Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 1.28 indicating that AXIS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. AXIS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AXIS Capital pays out 14.3% 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. W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
W. R. Berkley currently has a consensus target price of $64.36, indicating a potential downside of 0.05%. AXIS Capital has a consensus target price of $100.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.60%. Given AXIS Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AXIS Capital is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.
W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than AXIS Capital. AXIS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AXIS Capital beats W. R. Berkley on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AXS) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
