GBLI vs. DGICA, UFCS, UVE, AMSF, HCI, GLRE, HIPO, HRTG, NODK, and TCPC
Should you be buying Global Indemnity Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Indemnity Group include Donegal Group (DGICA), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), AMERISAFE (AMSF), HCI Group (HCI), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Hippo (HIPO), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), NI (NODK), and BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC). 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 financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Donegal Group pays out 425.0% 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. Donegal Group has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Global Indemnity Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Donegal Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
28.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.1% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Donegal Group had 3 more articles in the media than Global Indemnity Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Donegal Group and 2 mentions for Global Indemnity Group. Donegal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Global Indemnity Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Global Indemnity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.13%. Given Global Indemnity Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Donegal Group is more favorable than Global Indemnity Group.
Global Indemnity Group has a net margin of 4.79% compared to Global Indemnity Group's net margin of 0.55%. Donegal Group's return on equity of 4.32% beat Global Indemnity Group's return on equity.
Donegal Group has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Global Indemnity Group beats Donegal Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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