FAF vs. CINF, WRB, MKL, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, and SIGI
Should you be buying First American Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First American Financial include Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
First American Financial vs.
Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) and First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Cincinnati Financial currently has a consensus price target of $138.57, suggesting a potential downside of 8.61%. First American Financial has a consensus price target of $72.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.17%. Given First American Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First American Financial is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.
Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 25.26% compared to First American Financial's net margin of 1.58%. Cincinnati Financial's return on equity of 8.25% beat First American Financial's return on equity.
First American Financial received 20 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave First American Financial an outperform vote while only 51.17% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.
Cincinnati Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First American Financial. Cincinnati Financial 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.
Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First American Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cincinnati Financial pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First American Financial pays out 242.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cincinnati Financial has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years and First American Financial has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of First American Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First American Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First American Financial has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 8 more articles in the media than First American Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 16 mentions for First American Financial. First American Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that First American Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cincinnati Financial beats First American Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FAF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
