WRB vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and AXS
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), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and AXIS Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
W. R. Berkley vs.
W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 18 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Travelers Companies and 34 mentions for W. R. Berkley. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 0.71 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 19.6% 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. W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. R. Berkley presently has a consensus target price of $64.36, indicating a potential upside of 9.55%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $260.47, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Given W. R. Berkley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than Travelers Companies.
W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.88% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.
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.
Travelers Companies received 252 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.88% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats W. R. Berkley on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WRB) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
