ORI vs. WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, AXS, RLI, FAF, and SIGI
Should you be buying Old Republic International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Republic International include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Old Republic International vs.
Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) and W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 12 more articles in the media than Old Republic International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 1 mentions for Old Republic International. Old Republic International's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 0.49 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than Old Republic International. Old Republic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Republic International pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Old Republic International pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Berkley pays out 8.2% 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 and W. R. Berkley has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Old Republic International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Old Republic International has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.9% of Old Republic International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Old Republic International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by company 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.
W. R. Berkley received 92 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.76% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote while only 51.31% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 11.96% compared to Old Republic International's net margin of 11.48%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.41% beat Old Republic International's return on equity.
Old Republic International currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.57%. W. R. Berkley has a consensus price target of $63.74, suggesting a potential upside of 7.01%. Given W. R. Berkley's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Old Republic International.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats Old Republic International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ORI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
