THG vs. WRB, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, and SIGI
Should you be buying The Hanover Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hanover Insurance Group include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hanover Insurance Group vs.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.88% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of 5.92%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. The Hanover Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hanover Insurance Group pays out 35.7% 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. W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and The Hanover Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
W. R. Berkley currently has a consensus price target of $64.36, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. The Hanover Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $174.88, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Hanover Insurance Group is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 23 more articles in the media than The Hanover Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 11 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.40 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Hanover Insurance Group received 31 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
W. R. Berkley has higher revenue and earnings than The Hanover Insurance Group. W. R. Berkley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats The Hanover Insurance Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:THG) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
