Markel Group (MKL) Competitors

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is TRV or MKL more profitable?

Markel Group has a net margin of 17.03% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.02%. Travelers Companies' return on equity of 17.69% beat Markel Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelers Companies	10.02%	17.69%	3.50%
Markel Group	17.03%	10.86%	2.86%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRV or MKL?

82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRV or MKL?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRV or MKL?

Travelers Companies received 284 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.44% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 580 52.92%	Underperform Votes 516 47.08%
Markel Group	Outperform Votes 296 59.44%	Underperform Votes 202 40.56%

Do analysts rate TRV or MKL?

Travelers Companies currently has a consensus price target of $251.70, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,626.83, suggesting a potential downside of 5.81%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelers Companies	5 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Markel Group	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRV or MKL?

Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Markel Group. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelers Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travelers Companies	$45.35B	1.21	$2.99B	$19.50	12.35
Markel Group	$17.29B	1.28	$2.00B	$216.78	7.97

Does the media prefer TRV or MKL?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Travelers Companies and 7 mentions for Markel Group. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.77 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Markel Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Markel Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.