MKL Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Donegal Group has a net margin of 20.11% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 6.65%. Markel Group's return on equity of 18.44% beat Donegal Group's return on equity of 5.11%.

Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,697.67, signalling downside risk potential of -4.04%. On the other hand Donegal Group has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 12.86%. Given that Donegal Group has higher upside potential than Markel Group, analysts believe Donegal Group is more attractive than Markel Group.

Markel Group has a beta of 0.777, which suggesting that the stock is 22.305% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Donegal Group has a beta of -0.012, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 101.185%.

Markel Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Donegal Group offers a yield of 4.7% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share. Markel Group pays 1.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Donegal Group pays out 494.72% of its earnings as a dividend. Markel Group's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Donegal Group's is not.

Markel Group quarterly revenues are $4.5B, which are larger than Donegal Group quarterly revenues of $251.7M. Markel Group's net income of $905M is higher than Donegal Group's net income of $16.8M. Notably, Markel Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 8.16x while Donegal Group's PE ratio is 19.24x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Markel Group is 1.34x versus 0.50x for Donegal Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Safety Insurance Group has a net margin of 20.11% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 8.89%. Markel Group's return on equity of 18.44% beat Safety Insurance Group's return on equity of 9.26%.

Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,697.67, signalling downside risk potential of -4.04%. On the other hand Safety Insurance Group has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by -12.47%. Given that Safety Insurance Group has more downside risk than Markel Group, analysts believe Markel Group is more attractive than Safety Insurance Group.

Markel Group has a beta of 0.777, which suggesting that the stock is 22.305% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.203, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 79.686%.

Markel Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Safety Insurance Group offers a yield of 4.5% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.90 per share. Markel Group pays 1.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Safety Insurance Group pays out 282.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Markel Group's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Safety Insurance Group's is not.

Markel Group quarterly revenues are $4.5B, which are larger than Safety Insurance Group quarterly revenues of $291.1M. Markel Group's net income of $905M is higher than Safety Insurance Group's net income of $25.9M. Notably, Markel Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 8.16x while Safety Insurance Group's PE ratio is 15.84x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Markel Group is 1.34x versus 1.09x for Safety Insurance Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Selective Insurance Group has a net margin of 20.11% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 7.42%. Markel Group's return on equity of 18.44% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity of 8.04%.

Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,697.67, signalling downside risk potential of -4.04%. On the other hand Selective Insurance Group has an analysts' consensus of $104.29 which suggests that it could grow by 10.66%. Given that Selective Insurance Group has higher upside potential than Markel Group, analysts believe Selective Insurance Group is more attractive than Markel Group.

Markel Group has a beta of 0.777, which suggesting that the stock is 22.305% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.624, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.633%.

Markel Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Selective Insurance Group offers a yield of 1.52% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share. Markel Group pays 1.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Selective Insurance Group pays out 22.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Markel Group quarterly revenues are $4.5B, which are larger than Selective Insurance Group quarterly revenues of $1.2B. Markel Group's net income of $905M is higher than Selective Insurance Group's net income of $92.3M. Notably, Markel Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 8.16x while Selective Insurance Group's PE ratio is 25.40x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Markel Group is 1.34x versus 1.22x for Selective Insurance Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

United Fire Group has a net margin of 20.11% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 6.12%. Markel Group's return on equity of 18.44% beat United Fire Group's return on equity of 6.91%.

Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,697.67, signalling downside risk potential of -4.04%. On the other hand United Fire Group has an analysts' consensus of $26.00 which suggests that it could fall by -3.35%. Given that Markel Group has more downside risk than United Fire Group, analysts believe United Fire Group is more attractive than Markel Group.

Markel Group has a beta of 0.777, which suggesting that the stock is 22.305% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison United Fire Group has a beta of 0.542, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 45.808%.

Markel Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. United Fire Group offers a yield of 2.38% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share. Markel Group pays 1.8% of its earnings as a dividend. United Fire Group pays out -54.42% of its earnings as a dividend. Markel Group's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Markel Group quarterly revenues are $4.5B, which are larger than United Fire Group quarterly revenues of $323M. Markel Group's net income of $905M is higher than United Fire Group's net income of $19.7M. Notably, Markel Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 8.16x while United Fire Group's PE ratio is 13.87x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Markel Group is 1.34x versus 0.57x for United Fire Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.