PRA vs. ACGL, PLMR, AFG, WTM, AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, and SAFT
Should you be buying ProAssurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProAssurance include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Palomar (PLMR), American Financial Group (AFG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), and Safety Insurance Group (SAFT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
ProAssurance vs. Its Competitors
Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) and ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Arch Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of $113.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.54%. ProAssurance has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.01%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than ProAssurance.
89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of ProAssurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of ProAssurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than ProAssurance. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProAssurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 20.72% compared to ProAssurance's net margin of 3.72%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.79% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.
In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 14 more articles in the media than ProAssurance. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 2 mentions for ProAssurance. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat ProAssurance's score of 0.33 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProAssurance has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats ProAssurance on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRA) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
