Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FAF scored 79.0, AXS scored 77.0 — FAF leads.
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FAF
First American Financial Corporation
Insurance - Specialty · Financial strength
75.5Fin
$61.20 · $6.2B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
2.1
FAF leads
AXS
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited
Insurance - Specialty · Financial strength
73.4Fin
$96.73 · $7.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestAXS6.9x
Fastest growthFAF+21.6%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FAF
AXS
+21.6%A-
Rev
+6.8%C+
8.5xA-
P/E
6.9xA
13.8%B
ROE
17.4%B+
1.11B+
P/B
1.19B+
3.9%B+
Yield
1.8%C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
FAFFirst American Financial Corporation
Insurance - Specialty · $61.20 · beta 1.26
Why now
Insurance - Specialty · market cap $6.2b. Down 23% from 52-week high of $79.87 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +22%, comfortably above the S&P median. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $86.33 (implying +41% upside).
Moat
ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
AXSAXIS Capital Holdings Limited
Insurance - Specialty · $96.73 · beta 0.46
Why now
Insurance - Specialty · market cap $7.1b. 19% off the 52-week high of $119.99. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $122.09 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is FAF or AXS the better stock?
FAF scores higher: FAF 79.0, AXS 77.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are FAF and AXS scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.