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Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL) Competitors

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$478.70 +9.25 (+1.97%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KNSL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, 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), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kinsale Capital Group vs.

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

Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Kinsale Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Sun Life Financial pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 3.4% 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 1 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 8 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.38 indicating that Kinsale Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $455.88, indicating a potential downside of 4.77%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sun Life Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Sun Life Financial received 175 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.24% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 62.29% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sun Life FinancialOutperform Votes
489
62.29%
Underperform Votes
296
37.71%
Kinsale Capital GroupOutperform Votes
314
67.24%
Underperform Votes
153
32.76%

52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group 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.

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
Sun Life Financial$30.20B1.27$2.48B$4.4913.55
Kinsale Capital Group$1.22B9.11$308.09M$17.5427.29

Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Sun Life Financial7.32% 17.44% 1.14%
Kinsale Capital Group 26.80%28.87%8.44%

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Sun Life Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KNSL vs. The Competition

MetricKinsale Capital GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.15B$45.08B$10.56B$19.87B
Dividend Yield0.13%7.49%10.16%3.53%
P/E Ratio27.2910.3749.3042.89
Price / Sales9.112.033,460.6518.10
Price / Cash36.6019.6030.5017.86
Price / Book10.212.382.765.52
Net Income$308.09M$3.90B$995.76M$986.45M
7 Day Performance0.38%3.35%-0.34%-0.22%
1 Month Performance1.16%8.64%1.82%0.12%
1 Year Performance34.14%58.76%23.83%23.71%

Kinsale Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.3225 of 5 stars
$478.71
+2.0%
$455.88
-4.8%
+34.1%$10.93B$1.22B27.29561Dividend Announcement
Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.204 of 5 stars
$60.84
+0.8%
N/A+19.7%$34.73B$30.20B13.5530,941Analyst Downgrade
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.737 of 5 stars
$308.61
+0.3%
$312.27
+1.2%
+27.6%$30.98B$9.48B-42.3948,000Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential
3.0668 of 5 stars
$16.03
+1.2%
N/A-32.0%$21.27B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.06 of 5 stars
$84.15
0.0%
$85.92
+2.1%
+15.9%$19.25B$13.67B12.2519,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.452 of 5 stars
$70.88
+0.7%
$70.33
-0.8%
+58.3%$18.43B$2.08B92.054,350Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.2168 of 5 stars
$30.64
+0.7%
$34.85
+13.7%
+55.8%$17.31B$21.21B0.005,700Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.6237 of 5 stars
$376.87
+1.7%
$434.10
+15.2%
-5.7%$15.92B$14.59B5.902,844Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
3.3329 of 5 stars
$46.72
+0.3%
$48.70
+4.2%
+64.4%$14.60B$10.53B0.008,500Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
2.1416 of 5 stars
$6.25
-1.3%
N/A+15.9%$13.95B$11.24B0.0020,634
GL
Globe Life
4.8855 of 5 stars
$108.76
-0.5%
$124.50
+14.5%
-7.8%$9.18B$5.45B9.203,636Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:KNSL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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