RenaissanceRe (RNR) Competitors

Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) and RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is RGA or RNR a better dividend stock?

Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. RenaissanceRe pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RenaissanceRe pays out 4.6% 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. Reinsurance Group of America has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and RenaissanceRe has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RGA or RNR?

95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RGA or RNR more profitable?

RenaissanceRe has a net margin of 15.99% compared to Reinsurance Group of America's net margin of 3.24%. RenaissanceRe's return on equity of 23.41% beat Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reinsurance Group of America	3.24%	14.55%	1.33%
RenaissanceRe	15.99%	23.41%	4.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RGA or RNR?

RenaissanceRe received 17 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.64% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote while only 51.26% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reinsurance Group of America	Outperform Votes 349 52.64%	Underperform Votes 314 47.36%
RenaissanceRe	Outperform Votes 366 51.26%	Underperform Votes 348 48.74%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RGA or RNR?

RenaissanceRe has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reinsurance Group of America	$22.00B	0.61	$717M	$10.74	18.77
RenaissanceRe	$11.65B	1.04	$1.87B	$35.02	7.05

Does the media refer more to RGA or RNR?

In the previous week, RenaissanceRe had 6 more articles in the media than Reinsurance Group of America. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for RenaissanceRe and 13 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America. RenaissanceRe's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 0.98 indicating that RenaissanceRe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reinsurance Group of America	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RenaissanceRe	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer RGA or RNR?

Reinsurance Group of America currently has a consensus target price of $231.85, suggesting a potential upside of 15.00%. RenaissanceRe has a consensus target price of $283.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.84%. Given Reinsurance Group of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Reinsurance Group of America is more favorable than RenaissanceRe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reinsurance Group of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
RenaissanceRe	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Which has more risk & volatility, RGA or RNR?

Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RenaissanceRe beats Reinsurance Group of America on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.