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White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) Competitors

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WTM vs. ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, and AGO

Should you be buying White Mountains Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of White Mountains Insurance Group include Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and Assured Guaranty (AGO). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

White Mountains Insurance Group vs.

White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) and Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Erie Indemnity received 17 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
White Mountains Insurance GroupOutperform Votes
224
59.26%
Underperform Votes
154
40.74%
Erie IndemnityOutperform Votes
241
63.59%
Underperform Votes
138
36.41%

White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Erie Indemnity pays out 47.6% 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. Erie Indemnity has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, White Mountains Insurance Group had 10 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group and 1 mentions for Erie Indemnity. White Mountains Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.00 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
White Mountains Insurance Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Erie Indemnity
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.16% compared to White Mountains Insurance Group's net margin of 10.29%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.22% beat White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
White Mountains Insurance Group10.29% 10.56% 5.27%
Erie Indemnity 15.16%31.22%21.14%

88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Erie Indemnity has higher revenue and earnings than White Mountains Insurance Group. White Mountains Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
White Mountains Insurance Group$2.35B1.94$230.40M$89.9919.96
Erie Indemnity$3.86B4.83$446.06M$11.4835.20

Summary

Erie Indemnity beats White Mountains Insurance Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WTM vs. The Competition

MetricWhite Mountains Insurance GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.58B$46.24B$10.52B$17.85B
Dividend Yield0.05%2.19%5.42%3.79%
P/E Ratio20.0210.9821.4029.93
Price / Sales1.945.3824.9423.95
Price / Cash47.7616.8117.6217.54
Price / Book1.012.142.574.14
Net Income$230.40M$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.66%-6.44%-5.23%-8.72%
1 Month Performance-2.27%-2.92%494.03%-9.67%
1 Year Performance3.28%13.20%530.43%-4.88%

White Mountains Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
1.5047 of 5 stars
$1,789.18
-4.1%
N/A+6.3%$4.55B$2.35B19.881,650News Coverage
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.4582 of 5 stars
$419.05
+2.0%
N/A+5.6%$19.36B$3.86B39.206,040
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.542 of 5 stars
$65.13
+0.6%
$70.40
+8.1%
+22.2%$17.91B$13.36B14.0128,300Positive News
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CNA
CNA Financial
2.9364 of 5 stars
$50.84
+1.2%
$50.50
-0.7%
+14.8%$13.73B$14.00B14.446,500Insider Trade
News Coverage
ORI
Old Republic International
4.69 of 5 stars
$39.26
+0.8%
$37.00
-5.7%
+27.2%$9.74B$8.23B14.939,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.1051 of 5 stars
$100.42
+1.4%
$100.50
+0.1%
+51.4%$8.11B$6.02B8.132,080Gap Down
RLI
RLI
4.2145 of 5 stars
$80.32
+0.4%
$82.80
+3.1%
+9.9%$7.37B$1.77B21.451,000
FAF
First American Financial
4.0929 of 5 stars
$65.66
-0.1%
$74.50
+13.5%
+7.8%$6.77B$6.12B52.5321,200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.8312 of 5 stars
$174.12
+0.9%
$175.25
+0.6%
+29.8%$6.26B$6.22B14.904,400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
3.7834 of 5 stars
$91.54
-0.3%
$98.71
+7.8%
-11.6%$5.56B$4.86B28.432,520Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
AGO
Assured Guaranty
3.988 of 5 stars
$88.01
+0.9%
$103.33
+17.4%
-1.0%$4.40B$814M6.84410Positive News
Gap Down
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