RNR vs. ESGR, CNA, AFG, KNSL, EG, RLI, L, AXS, SIGI, and CINF
Should you be buying RenaissanceRe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RenaissanceRe include Enstar Group (ESGR), CNA Financial (CNA), American Financial Group (AFG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Everest Group (EG), RLI (RLI), Loews (L), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and Cincinnati Financial (CINF). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
100.0% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Enstar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of RenaissanceRe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Enstar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RenaissanceRe has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RenaissanceRe has higher revenue and earnings than Enstar Group. RenaissanceRe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enstar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RenaissanceRe had 15 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for RenaissanceRe and 4 mentions for Enstar Group. Enstar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat RenaissanceRe's score of 0.78 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RenaissanceRe received 109 more outperform votes than Enstar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave RenaissanceRe an outperform vote.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to RenaissanceRe's net margin of 24.79%. RenaissanceRe's return on equity of 27.09% beat Enstar Group's return on equity.
RenaissanceRe presently has a consensus target price of $249.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Given RenaissanceRe's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RenaissanceRe is more favorable than Enstar Group.
Summary
RenaissanceRe beats Enstar Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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