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ORI vs AXS

Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ORI scored 77.0, AXS scored 77.0 — tied at the top.
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ORI
Old Republic International Corporation
Insurance - Property & Casualty · Financial strength
76.1Fin
$38.15 · $9.2B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
2.7
ORI leads
AXS
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited
Insurance - Specialty · Financial strength
73.4Fin
$97.55 · $7.1B
fundamentals as of
  • CheapestAXS6.9x
  • Fastest growthORI+11.0%
THE BULL RANKINGS SCORECARD76.1/ 100 · FIN STRENGTHPEER MEDIANFINANCIAL76.1
THE BULL RANKINGS SCORECARD73.4/ 100 · FIN STRENGTHPEER MEDIANFINANCIAL73.4
cheap & fastrevenue growth →← cheaper (lower multiple)-3%21%1.9x13xORIAXS

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.

RevORI+11.0%AXS+6.8%
P/EORI8.4xAXS6.9x
ROEORI18.6%AXS17.4%
P/BORI1.50AXS1.20
YieldORI3.3%AXS1.8%
ORI
AXS
+11.0%B
Rev
+6.8%C+
8.4xA-
P/E
6.9xA
18.6%B+
ROE
17.4%B+
1.50B
P/B
1.20B+
3.3%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.
ORIOld Republic International Corporation
Insurance - Property & Casualty · $38.15 · beta 0.59
Why now
Insurance - Property & Casualty · market cap $9.2b. 18% off the 52-week high of $46.76. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
ROE 19% 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.
AXSAXIS Capital Holdings Limited
Insurance - Specialty · $97.55 · 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 +25% 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.
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Common questions

Is ORI or AXS the better stock?

On the Bull Rankings quality-growth score they are level: ORI and AXS both score 77.0 out of 100. The score blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number, so a tie means the model sees no meaningful edge either way — the pillar breakdown on this page shows where each is actually stronger.

How are ORI 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.