MCY vs. CNA, ORI, RLI, AXS, FAF, SIGI, THG, WTM, AGO, and STC
Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), and Stewart Information Services (STC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Mercury General vs.
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Mercury General pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNA Financial pays out 36.7% 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.
Mercury General has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNA Financial has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercury General has a net margin of 10.18% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 9.26%. Mercury General's return on equity of 18.04% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.
CNA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury General. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CNA Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Mercury General. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CNA Financial and 0 mentions for Mercury General. CNA Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Mercury General's score of 0.67 indicating that CNA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CNA Financial received 50 more outperform votes than Mercury General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
CNA Financial has a consensus price target of $51.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given CNA Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CNA Financial is more favorable than Mercury General.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CNA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CNA Financial beats Mercury General on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MCY) was last updated on 1/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
