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Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL) Competitors

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$466.31 -1.17 (-0.25%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

KNSL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EG, EQH, AEG, and GL

Should you be buying Kinsale Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinsale Capital Group include Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kinsale Capital Group vs.

Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) and Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 55.2% 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.

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 2 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 3 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kinsale Capital Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sun Life Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Kinsale Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of $472.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Sun Life Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sun Life Financial received 174 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 62.29% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kinsale Capital GroupOutperform Votes
315
67.16%
Underperform Votes
154
32.84%
Sun Life FinancialOutperform Votes
489
62.29%
Underperform Votes
296
37.71%

Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Kinsale Capital Group. Sun Life Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinsale Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kinsale Capital Group$1.53B7.11$308.09M$17.5426.59
Sun Life Financial$45.44B0.75$2.48B$4.4913.12

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.80% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 7.32%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.87% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kinsale Capital Group26.80% 28.87% 8.44%
Sun Life Financial 7.32%17.44%1.14%

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Sun Life Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KNSL vs. The Competition

MetricKinsale Capital GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.89B$43.54B$11.01B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.13%7.37%9.87%3.60%
P/E Ratio26.5910.4028.5441.28
Price / Sales7.111.5248.5217.60
Price / Cash40.2719.5630.3621.28
Price / Book9.952.282.745.32
Net Income$308.09M$3.90B$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-7.98%-2.80%-2.88%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-5.14%-5.13%-2.87%-3.68%
1 Year Performance38.10%54.43%11.31%12.14%

Kinsale Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.9798 of 5 stars
$466.31
-0.3%
$472.00
+1.2%
+38.7%$10.89B$1.53B26.59561Positive News
High Trading Volume
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0543 of 5 stars
$60.07
-0.1%
N/A+17.1%$34.58B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.4398 of 5 stars
$312.96
+0.5%
$321.80
+2.8%
+34.8%$31.52B$9.81B-42.7748,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
PUK
Prudential
4.2367 of 5 stars
$16.22
-1.0%
N/A-27.5%$21.64B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7015 of 5 stars
$78.93
+0.0%
$84.75
+7.4%
-1.4%$18.05B$13.67B-87.6819,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5777 of 5 stars
$30.79
+0.3%
$35.00
+13.7%
+37.3%$17.52B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.0825 of 5 stars
$66.67
-1.4%
$73.50
+10.2%
+52.9%$17.46B$2.08B87.794,350Insider Trade
Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.7318 of 5 stars
$359.99
-0.8%
$430.00
+19.4%
-0.1%$15.47B$14.59B5.682,844Positive News
EQH
Equitable
2.1217 of 5 stars
$47.32
-0.3%
$50.10
+5.9%
+38.8%$14.83B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.6052 of 5 stars
$6.00
-4.9%
N/A+2.7%$13.23B$30.66B6.6820,634Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GL
Globe Life
4.8915 of 5 stars
$107.06
+1.6%
$127.10
+18.7%
-9.7%$8.99B$5.73B8.923,636

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This page (NYSE:KNSL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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