DGICA vs. GBLI, UFCS, UVE, AMSF, HCI, GLRE, HIPO, TCPC, HRTG, and TIPT
Should you be buying Donegal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donegal Group include Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), AMERISAFE (AMSF), HCI Group (HCI), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Hippo (HIPO), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), and Tiptree (TIPT). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) and Global Indemnity Group (NASDAQ:GBLI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
28.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Donegal Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.1% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Global Indemnity Group had 2 more articles in the media than Donegal Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Indemnity Group and 2 mentions for Donegal Group. Donegal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Global Indemnity Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Donegal Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Donegal Group pays out 431.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Indemnity Group pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Global Indemnity Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Donegal Group. Global Indemnity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donegal Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Donegal Group has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Donegal Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given Donegal Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Donegal Group is more favorable than Global Indemnity Group.
Global Indemnity Group has a net margin of 4.79% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 0.55%. Global Indemnity Group's return on equity of 4.32% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.
Donegal Group received 36 more outperform votes than Global Indemnity Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.84% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote while only 54.74% of users gave Global Indemnity Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Global Indemnity Group beats Donegal Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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