KNSL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, EG, 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), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
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.
Sun Life Financial received 174 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.09% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 62.34% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sun Life Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Kinsale Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Sun Life Financial and 9 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kinsale Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $468.89, indicating a potential upside of 7.33%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.
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.
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 $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Kinsale Capital Group pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 57.5% 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.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kinsale Capital Group beats Sun Life Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KNSL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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