Both in Insurance

Principal Financial Group vs Markel Group

Over the past year PFG returned +35.7% and MKL returned −2.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.34.

PFG +35.7% MKL −2.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPFGMKL
Price$112.66$1,898.38
Market cap$23.93B$23.22B
Today−0.13%−0.32%
1 month+1.5%+10.0%
6 months+11.7%+7.6%
Year to date+27.7%−11.7%
1 year+34.1%−3.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.4%+5.7%
Gross margin49.0%50.1%
Net margin10.3%5.4%
P/E (TTM)15.3×13.2×
Price / sales1.5×1.5×
Net cash$203.31B-$164.1M
Dividend yield2.98%—
Volatility (60d)21.5%15.7%
Short % of float3.7%2.3%
Next earnings——

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