Contrasting Benev Capital (OTCMKTS:BEVFF) & Markel Group (NYSE:MKL)

Benev Capital (OTCMKTS:BEVFF) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Benev Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Benev Capital has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Benev Capital and Markel Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Benev Capital	0	1	0	0	2.00
Markel Group	0	3	2	0	2.40

Markel Group has a consensus price target of $1,820.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given Markel Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Markel Group is more favorable than Benev Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Benev Capital and Markel Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Benev Capital	41.88%	11.86%	5.83%
Markel Group	13.39%	7.18%	1.88%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Benev Capital and Markel Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Benev Capital	$47.44 million	9.70	$19.43 million	$0.12	22.57
Markel Group	$16.62 billion	1.48	$2.75 billion	$166.74	11.66

Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Benev Capital. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benev Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Benev Capital

Diversified Royalty Corp., a multi-royalty corporation, engages in the acquisition of royalties from multi-location businesses and franchisors in North America. It owns the Sutton, Mr. Lube + Tires, AIR MILES, Mr. Mikes, Nurse Next Door, Oxford Learning Centres, Stratus Building Solutions, and BarBurrito trademarks. The company was formerly known as BENEV Capital Inc. and changed its name to Diversified Royalty Corp. in September 2014. Diversified Royalty Corp. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Markel Group

Markel Group Inc., a diverse holding company, engages in marketing and underwriting specialty insurance products in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The company offers general and professional liability, personal lines, marine and energy, specialty programs, and workers' compensation insurance products; and property coverages that include fire, allied lines, and other specialized property coverages, including catastrophe-exposed property risks, such as earthquake and wind. It also offers credit and surety products, and collateral protection insurance products. In addition, the company offers transaction, directors and officers, and healthcare liability reinsurance; and specialty treaty reinsurance products comprising credit and surety, workers' compensation, marine and energy, public entity, mortgage default, aviation and space, agriculture, and discrete political violence and national terror pools. Further, it provides construction services, consumer and building products, transportation-related products, consulting services, and equipment manufacturing products, as well as healthcare, leasing, and investment services. Additionally, the company operates as an insurance and investment fund manager offering a range of investment products, including insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bonds, insurance swaps, traditional reinsurance contracts, industry loss warranties and other financial instruments; and program services. It also manages funds with third parties. The company was formerly known as Markel Corporation and changed its name to Markel Group Inc. in May 2023. Markel Group Inc. was founded in 1930 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.