Alleghany's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Alleghany (Y) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Alleghany vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 11,737M vs 1,300,051M combined for tracked competitors (0.9% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-11.5% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs decelerating (-28.0%) for its tracked peer group.
- Growth: Alleghany generated -11.3% revenue growth year over year in Q2 2022, vs -0.2% for its tracked competitors combined.
- Profitability: Its -4.8% net margin compares with -15.9% for the peer group.
- Peer revenue share: Alleghany accounted for 1.1% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, down from 1.2% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $3.74M compares with $1.28M for the peer group (2.9x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
Y Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2022
Alleghany reported revenue contraction of 11.33 % year on year in Q2 2022, below its competitors' combined revenue change of -0.16 %.
With a net margin of -4.77 %, Alleghany achieved higher profitability than its competitors (-15.94 %).
Alleghany generated 1.10 % of the combined sales of its peer group, down from 1.23 % a year earlier.
Alleghany vs. its Competitors, Q2 2022
Revenue growth, year on year
Net margin
Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in an SEC filing; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Alleghany and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (5) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Alleghany's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
For context: the Property & Casualty Insurance industry grew revenue 5.6% year over year, combined, vs -11.3% for Alleghany. Alleghany's share of combined industry revenue moved from 1.13% to 0.95%, a loss of 0.18 percentage points.
Alleghany's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Competitors combined (66) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
Y Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
Y Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
Y Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Fire Group Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | Universal Insurance Holdings Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 3 | Safety Insurance Group Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 4 | Siriuspoint Ltd | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 5 | Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Alleghany's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Alleghany's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
The reinsurance and insurance industry is highly competitive, and industry consolidation has created an even more competitive business environment. Competition in the businesses of our reinsurance and insurance subsidiaries is based on many factors, including the perceived financial strength of the company, premiums charged, other terms and conditions offered, services provided, commissions paid to producers, ratings assigned by independent rating agencies, speed of claims payment and reputation and experience in the lines of business to be written.
Our reinsurance and insurance subsidiaries compete with a large number of major
U.S. and non-U.S. reinsurers and insurers in their selected lines of business,
including regional companies, mutual companies, specialty insurance companies,
underwriting agencies, government-owned or subsidized facilities, European underwriting
syndicates and diversified financial services companies. In our reinsurance
segment, TransRe’s property and casualty businesses compete on a worldwide
basis. In our insurance segment, RSUI’s property and casualty businesses,
and CapSpecialty’s admitted property and casualty businesses and surety
and non-admitted specialty businesses, compete on a national basis, and PacificComp’s
workers’ compensation insurance business competes primarily in California.
Some of these competitors have significantly more premiums, capital and resources
than our reinsurance and insurance subsidiaries.
In addition to competition from the reinsurance industry, TransRe faces competition
from the capital markets, as well as some traditional reinsurers, which from
time to time produce alternative products or reinsurance vehicles (such as collateralized
reinsurance, reinsurance securitizations, catastrophe bonds and various derivatives,
such as swaps and sidecars) that may compete with certain types of reinsurance,
such as property catastrophe. Hedge funds may also provide reinsurance and retrocessional
protections through captive companies or other alternative transactions on a
fully collateralized basis for property and energy catastrophe business. Over
time, these initiatives could significantly affect supply, pricing and competition
in the reinsurance industry.
Publicly Traded Peers of Alleghany Corp
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | 11,407.18 | 11,737.24 |
| Progressive Corp | 122,372.37 | 91,055.00 |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | 81,472.46 | 27,968.00 |
| Travelers Companies inc | 77,570.98 | 48,979.00 |
| The Cigna Group | 71,752.79 | 282,382.00 |
| Metlife Inc | 61,985.96 | 79,403.00 |
| SUBTOTAL | 941,110.96 | 1,334,866.40 |
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Sources: Alleghany Corp's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Alleghany's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Capital Group Ltd | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Alleghany's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Alleghany's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | Reinsurance 48.48 % |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | Marsh Insurance Group 55.79 % |
| Travelers Companies inc | Business Insurance 45.68 % |
| The Cigna Group | Evernorth 85.32 % |
| Metlife Inc | Group Benefits 36.13 % |
| Allstate Corp | Allstate Protection 87.37 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Alleghany's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | 11,407 | 3,743,936 | 165,273 |
| Progressive Corp | 122,372 | 1,821,100 | 233,900 |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | 81,472 | 294,400 | 42,821 |
| Travelers Companies inc | 77,571 | 1,440,559 | 243,765 |
| The Cigna Group | 71,753 | 4,171,078 | 103,146 |
| Metlife Inc | 61,986 | 1,726,152 | 79,543 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 929,704 | 1,280,491 | 178,863 |
Alleghany's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers
Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent filing. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.| Company | Largest Market |
|---|---|
| Aon Plc | Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Other Than United Kingdom and Ireland 16.91 % |
| Brown and Brown Inc | US 86.46 % |
| Ncr Atleos Corporation | United States 47.84 % |
| Leaf Group Ltd | US 87.97 % |
Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.
Alleghany's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Property & Casualty Insurance industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (75 companies).| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 64.86 % | 49.36 % (avg) | +15.5 pp |
| Operating Margin | 51.57 % | industry median | +42.6 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | 7.33 % | 13.82 % (avg) | -6.5 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | 0.55 % | 0.95 % (avg) | -0.4 pp |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Alleghany's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Property & Casualty Insurance industry average (75 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 33.1x | 13.2x | +19.9x |
| EV / EBITDA | -15.6x | 6.2x | -21.8x |
| P/B | 1.3x | 1.9x | -0.6x |
| Return on Equity | 6.00 % | industry aggregate | 0.94 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 24.94 % | 5.86 % (avg) | 19.08 % |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Alleghany's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.| Metric | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | 11.18 % | -0.53 % | 5.15 % | 12.60 % | 7.20 % | 31.27 % | -1.59 % | 34.93 % |
| Operating Margin | 43.78 % | 29.93 % | 11.78 % | 30.09 % | 36.53 % | 43.94 % | 36.24 % | 52.82 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 12.63 % | 8.02 % | 3.59 % | 8.99 % | 11.65 % | 17.22 % | 13.75 % | 26.02 % |
| P/E | - | 10.9x | 26.5x | 114.6x | 381.6x | 13.3x | 85.4x | 9.0x |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Alleghany's Strategic Group Map
Every company in Alleghany's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Alleghany is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Alleghany's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Barriers to Entry | Lower than typical for the industry | Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 0.55 % vs industry average 0.95 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above) |
| Supplier Power | Not covered on this page | See Alleghany's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Buyer Power | Not covered on this page | See Alleghany's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Threat of Substitutes | - | No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated |
Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.
Alleghany's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.
Alleghany falls in the Medium attractiveness / Low strength cell: Harvest.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Alleghany's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Operating margin 42.6 points above the industry median.
Weaknesses
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-11.5% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
Opportunities
No rule matched.
Threats
- Tracked peer group's revenue run-rate is broadly decelerating (-28.0% annualized).
Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.
Alleghany's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.31 |
| Progressive Corp | 0.06 | 1.06 | 0.23 |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | 0.68 | 1.13 | 1.33 |
| Travelers Companies inc | 0.01 | 1.08 | 0.28 |
| The Cigna Group | 0.12 | 0.82 | 0.76 |
| Metlife Inc | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.70 |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Alleghany's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | Q2 2022 | -11.3 % | - |
| Progressive Corp | Q2 2026 | +7.3 % | +4.3 % |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | Q2 2026 | +6.1 % | +4.9 % |
| Travelers Companies inc | Q2 2026 | +0.3 % | +45.3 % |
| The Cigna Group | Q2 2026 | +6.7 % | +22.4 % |
| Metlife Inc | Q2 2026 | +10.5 % | +6.0 % |
| PEERS TOTAL | +7.9 % | +54.6 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Alleghany's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | Q2 2022 | - | +15.3 % |
| Progressive Corp | Q2 2026 | +1,027.3 % | +35.3 % |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | Q2 2026 | - | +22.0 % |
| Travelers Companies inc | Q2 2026 | -0.9 % | - |
| The Cigna Group | Q2 2026 | +6.4 % | - |
| Metlife Inc | Q2 2026 | +1,959.3 % | - |
Alleghany's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | 1.63% | 3.31% | 6.00% |
| Progressive Corp | 9.51% | 11.22% | 35.40% |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | 6.90% | 11.32% | 26.71% |
| Travelers Companies inc | 5.78% | 10.84% | 25.58% |
| The Cigna Group | 4.46% | 6.88% | 16.50% |
| Metlife Inc | 0.49% | 0.77% | 12.93% |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Alleghany's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Alleghany Corp | 33.67 | 0.97 |
| Progressive Corp | 10.51 | 1.34 |
| Marsh and Mclennan Companies Inc | 20.71 | 2.91 |
| Travelers Companies inc | 9.72 | 1.58 |
| The Cigna Group | 11.27 | 0.25 |
| Metlife Inc | 18.39 | 0.78 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 5.08 | 0.71 |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.