PRA vs. MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, EIG, 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), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), 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.
ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) and Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
ProAssurance has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury General has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.6% of ProAssurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of ProAssurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mercury General had 4 more articles in the media than ProAssurance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mercury General and 1 mentions for ProAssurance. ProAssurance's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Mercury General's score of 0.44 indicating that ProAssurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ProAssurance currently has a consensus price target of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 32.39%. Mercury General has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.75%. Given Mercury General's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mercury General is more favorable than ProAssurance.
Mercury General has a net margin of 8.55% compared to ProAssurance's net margin of 3.71%. Mercury General's return on equity of 22.54% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.
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.
ProAssurance received 12 more outperform votes than Mercury General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.43% of users gave ProAssurance an outperform vote while only 51.13% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
Summary
Mercury General beats ProAssurance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRA) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
