AFL vs ORI vs ACGL Stock Comparison

Aflac, Old Republic International and Arch Capital Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AFL Aflac Inc
$126.17 +11.0% 1M +13.4% 1Y
Market cap
$61.88B
P/E
17.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.63B
Div. yield
–
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd.
$110.57 +16.6% 1M +26.3% 1Y
Market cap
$36.03B
P/E
8.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.78B
Div. yield
0.00%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Arch Capital leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Arch Capital 7, Aflac 2, Old Republic International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAFLORIACGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $61.88B $9.51B $36.03B AFL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.5x 8.6x 8.3x ACGL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.4x 13.3x 10.5x ACGL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.0% +12.4% -3.9% ORI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.2% 11.2% 23.1% ACGL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.5% 14.7% 15.7% ACGL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.10% 0.00% ORI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.4% -0.7% +26.3% ACGL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.3%/yr +9.4%/yr +20.6%/yr ACGL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 17.4% 23.9% 21.1% AFL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 58/100 67/100 ACGL

Percentile Scorecard

AFLORIACGL

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

AxisAFLORIACGL
Valuation 15 #101 of 119 60 #48 of 119 59 #49 of 119
Growth 1 #116 of 117 45 #65 of 117 35 #77 of 117
Profitability 47 #63 of 117 49 #60 of 117 83 #21 of 117
Financial Health 49 #61 of 118 53 #56 of 118 80 #25 of 118
Shareholder Returns 88 #14 of 108 81 #21 of 108 78 #25 of 108
Overall 40 58 67
  • AFL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ORI ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ACGL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAFLORIACGLSPY
1 month +11.0%+6.3%+16.6% -5.9%
3 months -0.4%-7.0%+11.4% -4.6%
6 months +11.1%+2.3%+17.0% +0.2%
Year to date +14.4%-11.5%+15.3% +7.5%
1 year +13.4%-0.7%+26.3% +8.2%
3 years +55.0%+44.4%+29.8% +68.3%
3 years, per year +15.7%+13.0%+9.1% +19.0%
5 years +122.3%+56.6%+155.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year +17.3%+9.4%+20.6% +9.4%
10 years +268.1%+142.1%+329.8% +251.5%
10 years, per year +13.9%+9.2%+15.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAFLORIACGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 17.4%23.9%21.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.1%26.5%22.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.19-0.16-0.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.77-0.031.24 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -20.4%-24.1%-26.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.6%-13.4%-0.1% -5.9%
52-week high $129.53$46.62$110.68 $779.14
52-week low $106.20$36.66$87.55 $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.

MultipleAFLORIACGL
P/E now vs peer median 17.8xmedian 10.9x 8.8xmedian 10.9x 8.6xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.4x 1.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.1x —median 7.1x —median 7.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 8.3x 8.5xmedian 8.3x 6.4xmedian 8.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.5x 1.6xmedian 1.5x 1.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -6.09median 0.62 0.81median 0.62 0.47median 0.62

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 monthsAFLORIACGL
Revenue $16.63B $9.84B $18.78B
Gross profit $9.61B $6.28B $10.01B
Operating income $3.07B $1.45B $5.04B
Net income $3.53B $1.11B $4.38B
Free cash flow $2.59B $1.15B $5.63B
EPS (diluted) $7.07 $4.47 $12.70
Cash & equivalents $5.62B – $1.15B
Total debt $8.90B $1.75B $4.30B
Shares (diluted) 498.68M 246.27M 341.40M
Enterprise value $38.23B -$439.32M $31.86B

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
MetricAFLORIACGL
P/E 17.8x 8.8x 8.6x
P/FCF 24.1x 8.5x 6.4x
P/Operating cash flow 24.1x 8.5x 6.3x
P/S 3.8x 1.0x 1.9x
P/B 2.1x 1.6x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 1.6x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT 21.4x 6.3x 7.8x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 0.9x 2.1x
EV/FCF 25.4x 8.0x 7.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.4x 8.0x 6.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.09 0.81 0.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAFLORIACGL
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.0% 12.4% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.1% 8.7% 14.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.5% 13.9% -0.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.5% 6.3% 15.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -42.1% 28.1% 7.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -18.7% 5.6% 45.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -15.4% 31.6% 6.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -8.4% 6.3% 13.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -9.8% 34.8% 17.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 10.8% 18.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.7% -11.3% -10.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.7% 9.8% 3.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.7% -11.3% -10.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.7% 9.8% 3.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAFLORIACGL
Gross margin 57.8% 63.8% 53.3%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin 18.5% 14.7% 26.8%
Pretax margin 25.8% 13.8% 25.9%
Net margin 21.2% 11.2% 23.1%
FCF margin 15.6% 11.6% 30.0%
Operating cash flow margin 15.6% 11.6% 30.2%
Return on equity 11.8% 18.5% 17.9%
Return on assets 3.1% 3.5% 5.0%
Return on invested capital 6.5% 14.7% 15.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 1.0x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAFLORIACGL
Debt / assets 7.8% 5.6% 5.1%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.3x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF 3.4x 1.5x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 74.2% 81.3% 72.7%
Equity / assets 25.8% 18.7% 27.3%
Interest coverage 12.0x 16.6x 27.8x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAFLORIACGL
Dividend yield 1.9% 9.3% 0.0%
Net buyback yield 5.7% 3.7% 11.5%
Shareholder yield 7.6% 13.0% 11.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 82.9% 0.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 80.0% 0.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 18.0% -99.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 49.2% –

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.

ConsensusAFLORIACGL
Forward P/E 17.4xFY2026 13.3xFY2026 10.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.27FY2026 $3.03FY2026 $10.54FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -2.9%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026 +6.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.3% +11.9% -10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $17.70BFY2026 $10.22BFY2026 $16.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.2%FY2026 +11.8%FY2026 +1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.7% -5.9% -5.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAFLORIACGL
Held by institutions 68.2% 77.0% 91.0%
Institutions holding 1,701 656 905
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +0.4% -1.7%
Institutions buying 741 284 428
Institutions selling 582 259 365
Buyers to sellers 1.27 1.10 1.17

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.

AFLORIACGL
AFL 1.00 0.52 0.62
ORI 0.52 1.00 0.55
ACGL 0.62 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AFL, ORI and ACGL?

Aflac (AFL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aflac (AFL) $61.88B, Old Republic International (ORI) $9.51B, Arch Capital (ACGL) $36.03B.

Which stock is cheaper, AFL, ORI and ACGL?

Arch Capital (ACGL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aflac (AFL) 17.5x, Old Republic International (ORI) 8.6x, Arch Capital (ACGL) 8.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Arch Capital (ACGL) is cheapest (Aflac (AFL) 17.4x, Old Republic International (ORI) 13.3x, Arch Capital (ACGL) 10.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Old Republic International (ORI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aflac (AFL) -6.0%, Old Republic International (ORI) +12.4%, Arch Capital (ACGL) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arch Capital (ACGL) has the highest net margin (Aflac (AFL) 21.2%, Old Republic International (ORI) 11.2%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 23.1%). On return on invested capital, Arch Capital (ACGL) leads (Aflac (AFL) 6.5%, Old Republic International (ORI) 14.7%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 15.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arch Capital (ACGL) returned the most: Aflac (AFL) +13.4%, Old Republic International (ORI) -0.7%, Arch Capital (ACGL) +26.3%. Over five years, Arch Capital (ACGL) compounded fastest (Aflac (AFL) +17.3%/yr, Old Republic International (ORI) +9.4%/yr, Arch Capital (ACGL) +20.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Old Republic International (ORI) has the highest dividend yield: Aflac (AFL) 0.00%, Old Republic International (ORI) 0.10%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 0.00%. Aflac (AFL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aflac (AFL) has been the steadiest (Aflac (AFL) 17.4%, Old Republic International (ORI) 23.9%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 21.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AFL, ORI and ACGL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arch Capital (ACGL) leads on 7. 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.