Both in Insurance

Markel Group vs Principal Financial Group

Over the past year MKL returned −1.4% and PFG returned +43.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.36.

MKL −1.4% PFG +43.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMKLPFG
Price$1,954.51$117.31
Market cap$23.90B$24.91B
Today+2.96%+4.13%
1 month+12.4%+6.9%
6 months+9.5%+15.5%
Year to date−9.1%+33.0%
1 year0.0%+41.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.7%+6.4%
Gross margin50.1%49.0%
Net margin5.4%10.3%
P/E (TTM)13.6×16.0×
Price / sales1.6×1.6×
Net cash-$164.1M$203.31B
Dividend yield—2.86%
Volatility (60d)16.8%23.0%
Short % of float2.3%3.7%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).