FAF vs. WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, and THG
Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial 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), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
First American Financial vs.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.88% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 2.14%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat First American Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 1 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 14 mentions for First American Financial. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat First American Financial's score of 0.15 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First American Financial pays out 172.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and First American Financial has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
W. R. Berkley received 55 more outperform votes than First American Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.47% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 51.06% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. W. R. Berkley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First American Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. R. Berkley currently has a consensus price target of $64.36, indicating a potential downside of 3.04%. First American Financial has a consensus price target of $74.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.01%. Given First American Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First American Financial is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First American Financial has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of First American Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First American Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats First American Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FAF) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
