ACGL vs ACT vs TRV Stock Comparison

Arch Capital, Enact Holdings and Travelers Companies Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd.
$100.34 +6.0% 1M +16.8% 1Y
Market cap
$34.24B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.78B
Div. yield
–
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
ACT Enact Holdings, Inc.
$48.07 +2.3% 1M +34.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.64B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25B
Div. yield
1.87%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
3 wins
TRV Travelers Companies, Inc.
$397.00 +9.4% 1M +46.9% 1Y
Market cap
$82.81B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.92B
Div. yield
1.18%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Travelers Companies leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Travelers Companies 4, Enact Holdings 3, Arch Capital 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionACGLACTTRVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $34.24B $6.64B $82.81B TRV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.9x 9.8x 10.0x ACGL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.8x 10.6x 11.6x ACGL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.9% +2.5% +1.1% ACT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 54.5% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 1.87% 1.18% ACT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.8% +34.4% +46.9% TRV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.0%/yr +15.8%/yr +19.7%/yr TRV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.7% 23.1% 20.6% TRV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 61/100 49/100 ACT

Percentile Scorecard

ACGLACTTRV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisACGLACTTRV
Valuation 66 #41 of 119 35 #78 of 119 43 #68 of 119
Growth 28 #82 of 114 12 #100 of 114 65 #41 of 114
Profitability 71 #33 of 110 92 #10 of 110 82 #21 of 110
Financial Health – 83 #20 of 110 39 #67 of 110
Shareholder Returns 17 #88 of 106 85 #17 of 106 14 #91 of 106
Overall 46 61 49
  • ACGL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ACT ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • TRV ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodACGLACTTRVSPY
1 month +6.0%+2.3%+9.4% -0.2%
3 months -5.8%+0.2%-0.1% +3.9%
6 months +3.4%+9.2%+28.1% +8.2%
Year to date +4.6%+21.3%+36.9% +12.9%
1 year +16.8%+34.4%+46.9% +12.3%
3 years +23.3%+79.0%+147.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +7.2%+21.4%+35.2% +23.3%
5 years +138.7%+108.5%+145.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year +19.0%+15.8%+19.7% +10.9%
10 years +290.8%—+267.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year +14.6%—+13.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureACGLACTTRVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.7%23.1%20.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.1%22.9%17.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.35-0.06-0.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.811.492.28 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -26.2%-21.9%-19.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.8%-4.0%-2.1% -1.2%
52-week high $106.48$50.07$405.41 $779.14
52-week low $84.72$34.93$267.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleACGLACTTRV
P/E now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 10.5x 9.8xmedian 10.5x 10.0xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.4x 5.3xmedian 1.4x 1.7xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.6x —median 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 8.5x 9.2xmedian 8.5x 6.9xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.5x 1.2xmedian 1.5x 2.9xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.46median 0.53 1.90median 0.53 0.17median 0.53

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsACGLACTTRV
Revenue $18.78B $1.25B $48.92B
Gross profit – $1.13B –
Operating income – $742.14M –
Net income $4.38B $683.27M $8.33B
Free cash flow – $720.83M –
EPS (diluted) $12.43 $4.87 $39.01
Cash & equivalents $1.15B $448.45M –
Total debt – $745.23M $9.81B
Shares (diluted) 348.80M 140.32M 213.60M
Enterprise value $34.24B $4.47B $82.81B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricACGLACTTRV
P/E 7.9x 9.8x 10.0x
P/FCF 5.4x 9.2x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 6.0x 9.2x 7.8x
P/S 1.8x 5.3x 1.7x
P/B 1.5x 1.2x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 1.2x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT – 9.3x –
EV/Revenue 1.8x 5.5x 1.9x
EV/FCF – 9.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 6.0x 9.6x 8.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.46 1.90 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricACGLACTTRV
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.9% 2.5% 1.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.8% 4.1% 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -0.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 1.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -3.8% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -3.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 6.9% 0.9% 41.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.8% 0.2% 56.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.3% 8.4% 51.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.2% 5.2% 60.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -10.5% 2.9% 6.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 9.7% 15.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 2.9% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricACGLACTTRV
Gross margin – 90.1% –
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – 59.2% –
Pretax margin – 69.1% –
Net margin – 54.5% –
FCF margin – 57.5% –
Operating cash flow margin 30.2% 57.5% 21.8%
Return on equity 18.0% 12.7% 26.8%
Return on assets 5.0% 9.8% 5.8%
Return on invested capital – 9.6% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.1x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricACGLACTTRV
Debt / assets – 10.7% –
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – 1.0x –
Liabilities / assets 72.7% 22.4% 79.6%
Equity / assets 27.3% 77.6% 20.4%
Interest coverage – 14.8x –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricACGLACTTRV
Dividend yield 0.0% 1.9% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 6.3% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 8.2% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 0.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -99.7% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusACGLACTTRV
Forward P/E 9.8xFY2026 10.6xFY2026 11.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.24FY2026 $4.54FY2026 $34.25FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.7%FY2026 +0.4%FY2026 +24.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -9.2% +15.4% -15.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.72BFY2026 $1.31BFY2026 $42.57BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.4%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.0% -6.4% +2.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersACGLACTTRV
Held by institutions 91.0% 21.4% 87.3%
Institutions holding 903 248 1,837
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.7% +8.9% +18.2%
Institutions buying 428 144 876
Institutions selling 364 72 602
Buyers to sellers 1.18 2.00 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ACGLACTTRV
ACGL 1.00 0.48 0.71
ACT 0.48 1.00 0.44
TRV 0.71 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ACGL, ACT and TRV?

Travelers Companies (TRV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arch Capital (ACGL) $34.24B, Enact Holdings (ACT) $6.64B, Travelers Companies (TRV) $82.81B.

Which stock is cheaper, ACGL, ACT and TRV?

Arch Capital (ACGL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arch Capital (ACGL) 7.9x, Enact Holdings (ACT) 9.8x, Travelers Companies (TRV) 10.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Arch Capital (ACGL) is cheapest (Arch Capital (ACGL) 9.8x, Enact Holdings (ACT) 10.6x, Travelers Companies (TRV) 11.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Enact Holdings (ACT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arch Capital (ACGL) -3.9%, Enact Holdings (ACT) +2.5%, Travelers Companies (TRV) +1.1%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Travelers Companies (TRV) returned the most: Arch Capital (ACGL) +16.8%, Enact Holdings (ACT) +34.4%, Travelers Companies (TRV) +46.9%. Over five years, Travelers Companies (TRV) compounded fastest (Arch Capital (ACGL) +19.0%/yr, Enact Holdings (ACT) +15.8%/yr, Travelers Companies (TRV) +19.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Enact Holdings (ACT) has the highest dividend yield: Arch Capital (ACGL) 0.00%, Enact Holdings (ACT) 1.87%, Travelers Companies (TRV) 1.18%. Arch Capital (ACGL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Travelers Companies (TRV) has been the steadiest (Arch Capital (ACGL) 20.7%, Enact Holdings (ACT) 23.1%, Travelers Companies (TRV) 20.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ACGL, ACT and TRV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Travelers Companies (TRV) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.