RGA vs. RNR, ESGR, GLRE, MHLD, MFC, PRU, SLF, PUK, CRBG, and AEG
Should you be buying Reinsurance Group of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reinsurance Group of America include RenaissanceRe (RNR), Enstar Group (ESGR), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Maiden (MHLD), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Reinsurance Group of America vs.
RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RenaissanceRe has a net margin of 28.84% compared to Reinsurance Group of America's net margin of 3.32%. RenaissanceRe's return on equity of 26.31% beat Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity.
RenaissanceRe received 18 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.43% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote while only 51.20% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
RenaissanceRe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Reinsurance Group of America. RenaissanceRe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reinsurance Group of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RenaissanceRe and RenaissanceRe both had 11 articles in the media. RenaissanceRe's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 0.61 indicating that RenaissanceRe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RenaissanceRe pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. RenaissanceRe pays out 2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 32.7% 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. RenaissanceRe has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Reinsurance Group of America has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
RenaissanceRe presently has a consensus target price of $284.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus target price of $228.31, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Reinsurance Group of America.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Reinsurance Group of America on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RGA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff