PRA vs. MCY, HTH, STC, EIG, HCI, SAFT, AMSF, UFCS, UVE, and DGICA
Should you be buying ProAssurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProAssurance include Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), and Donegal Group (DGICA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
ProAssurance vs.
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Mercury General had 5 more articles in the media than ProAssurance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mercury General and 4 mentions for ProAssurance. ProAssurance's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Mercury General's score of 0.03 indicating that ProAssurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ProAssurance received 13 more outperform votes than Mercury General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.43% of users gave ProAssurance an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of ProAssurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ProAssurance 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 has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProAssurance has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercury General has higher revenue and earnings than ProAssurance. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProAssurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury General has a net margin of 10.18% compared to ProAssurance's net margin of 3.71%. Mercury General's return on equity of 18.04% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.
ProAssurance has a consensus target price of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.08%. Given ProAssurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ProAssurance is more favorable than Mercury General.
Summary
Mercury General and ProAssurance tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRA) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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