RLI vs. MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, SIGI, and FAF
Should you be buying RLI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLI include Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and First American Financial (FAF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
RLI (NYSE:RLI) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Markel Group had 7 more articles in the media than RLI. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Markel Group and 7 mentions for RLI. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat RLI's score of 0.60 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RLI has a net margin of 20.96% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 15.23%. RLI's return on equity of 17.24% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than RLI. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLI presently has a consensus target price of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.83%. Markel Group has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given RLI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RLI is more favorable than Markel Group.
RLI has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Markel Group received 32 more outperform votes than RLI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote.
Summary
RLI beats Markel Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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