Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE) Competitors

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (LON:JLT) and Sabre Insurance Group (LON:SBRE) are both insurance brokers industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JLT or SBRE?

85.5% of Sabre Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Sabre Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JLT or SBRE a better dividend stock?

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share. Sabre Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sabre Insurance Group pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is JLT or SBRE more profitable?

Sabre Insurance Group has a net margin of 12.82% compared to Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group's net margin of 0.00%. Sabre Insurance Group's return on equity of 12.19% beat Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sabre Insurance Group	12.82%	12.19%	3.84%

Does the media refer more to JLT or SBRE?

In the previous week, Sabre Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sabre Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sabre Insurance Group's score of -0.67 indicating that Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	Neutral
Sabre Insurance Group	Negative

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, JLT or SBRE?

Sabre Insurance Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabre Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	£1.45B	0.00	N/A	£19.60	N/A
Sabre Insurance Group	£229.51M	1.64	£29.43M	£11.85	12.74

Do analysts rate JLT or SBRE?

Sabre Insurance Group has a consensus target price of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 39.07%. Given Sabre Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sabre Insurance Group is more favorable than Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sabre Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Sabre Insurance Group beats Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.