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RLI (RLI) Competitors

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$176.02 +1.28 (+0.73%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

RLI vs. CINF, WRB, MKL, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, FAF, and SIGI

Should you be buying RLI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLI include Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

RLI vs.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. RLI pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 16.6% 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. RLI has increased its dividend for 50 consecutive years and Cincinnati Financial has increased its dividend for 64 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

RLI has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cincinnati Financial had 23 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cincinnati Financial and 1 mentions for RLI. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat RLI's score of 0.29 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RLI
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cincinnati Financial
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

RLI currently has a consensus target price of $177.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.78%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $138.57, suggesting a potential downside of 8.61%. Given RLI's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RLI is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RLI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Cincinnati Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

RLI received 6 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.60% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 51.17% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RLIOutperform Votes
268
55.60%
Underperform Votes
214
44.40%
Cincinnati FinancialOutperform Votes
262
51.17%
Underperform Votes
250
48.83%

Cincinnati Financial has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RLI$1.51B5.33$304.61M$9.1019.34
Cincinnati Financial$10.01B2.37$1.84B$19.467.79

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 25.26% compared to RLI's net margin of 23.77%. RLI's return on equity of 19.03% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RLI23.77% 19.03% 5.46%
Cincinnati Financial 25.26%8.25%3.06%

77.9% of RLI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of RLI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cincinnati Financial beats RLI on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RLI vs. The Competition

MetricRLIFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.07B$45.08B$10.57B$19.87B
Dividend Yield0.66%7.49%10.17%3.53%
P/E Ratio19.3410.3749.3442.94
Price / Sales5.332.033,455.5418.99
Price / Cash33.7619.6030.5017.86
Price / Book5.682.382.765.52
Net Income$304.61M$3.90B$995.76M$986.45M
7 Day Performance0.61%3.19%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance8.60%9.80%7.27%1.05%
1 Year Performance28.33%58.79%24.63%24.67%

RLI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RLI
RLI
4.6153 of 5 stars
$176.03
+0.7%
$177.40
+0.8%
+30.8%$8.01B$1.51B19.341,099
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.5834 of 5 stars
$151.62
+0.7%
$138.57
-8.6%
+50.4%$23.54B$12.16B7.795,426Dividend Announcement
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.8275 of 5 stars
$60.94
+1.2%
$63.08
+3.5%
+31.2%$23.22B$12.14B15.618,329
MKL
Markel Group
3.523 of 5 stars
$1,694.12
+1.4%
$1,651.83
-2.5%
+20.1%$21.48B$15.80B7.8121,600Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
3.6097 of 5 stars
$419.45
+0.7%
N/A+48.0%$19.24B$3.27B39.246,556
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.7182 of 5 stars
$60.08
-1.4%
$63.60
+5.9%
+32.1%$16.68B$11.75B21.851,200Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.402 of 5 stars
$48.85
+0.5%
$51.50
+5.4%
+20.1%$13.23B$13.83B10.186,300Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.6184 of 5 stars
$37.73
+0.7%
$37.00
-1.9%
+33.1%$9.50B$7.26B13.019,200Positive News
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.91 of 5 stars
$86.59
+1.4%
$95.86
+10.7%
+59.4%$7.24B$5.85B12.012,048Analyst Revision
FAF
First American Financial
4.4412 of 5 stars
$66.41
+0.2%
$72.50
+9.2%
+15.6%$6.82B$6.00B74.6219,210Analyst Revision
Positive News
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.1622 of 5 stars
$95.98
-1.1%
$101.67
+5.9%
-5.0%$5.90B$4.23B25.872,650

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This page (NYSE:RLI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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