WRB vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, CINF, MKL, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and RLI
Should you be buying W. R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. R. Berkley include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel Group (MKL), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and RLI (RLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
W. R. Berkley vs.
Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Travelers Companies pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Berkley pays out 8.2% 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. Travelers Companies has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and W. R. Berkley has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 1 more articles in the media than Travelers Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 5 mentions for Travelers Companies. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Travelers Companies' score of 0.36 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travelers Companies received 250 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.96% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 51.32% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travelers Companies presently has a consensus target price of $251.70, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. W. R. Berkley has a consensus target price of $64.28, suggesting a potential upside of 9.70%. Given W. R. Berkley's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than W. R. Berkley. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 11.96% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.02%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.41% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
Summary
W. R. Berkley beats Travelers Companies on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WRB) was last updated on 12/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
