MCY vs. ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, AGO, HTH, and STC
Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Hilltop (HTH), and Stewart Information Services (STC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Mercury General vs.
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Old Republic International has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury General. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Republic International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury General presently has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.13%. Old Republic International has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Given Mercury General's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Mercury General is more favorable than Old Republic International.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Old Republic International shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Old Republic International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mercury General received 5 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote while only 51.13% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
Old Republic International has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 8.55%. Mercury General's return on equity of 22.54% beat Old Republic International's return on equity.
Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Old Republic International pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Mercury General pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Republic International pays out 40.3% 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. Old Republic International has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years. Old Republic International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Old Republic International had 2 more articles in the media than Mercury General. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Old Republic International and 5 mentions for Mercury General. Old Republic International's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Mercury General's score of 0.44 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mercury General has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Republic International has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Old Republic International beats Mercury General on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MCY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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