Both in Insurance

W.R. Berkley vs Principal Financial Group

Over the past year WRB returned +3.6% and PFG returned +43.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.25.

WRB +3.6% PFG +43.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWRBPFG
Price$76.71$117.31
Market cap$28.48B$24.91B
Today+2.12%+4.13%
1 month+10.1%+6.9%
6 months+16.0%+15.5%
Year to date+9.4%+33.0%
1 year+6.9%+41.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.2%+6.4%
Gross margin47.2%49.0%
Net margin12.2%10.3%
P/E (TTM)14.8×16.0×
Price / sales1.9×1.6×
Net cash-$233.8M$203.31B
Dividend yield0.52%2.86%
Volatility (60d)19.5%23.0%
Short % of float5.6%3.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).