Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, SBRE or JLT?

Sabre Insurance Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Sabre Insurance Group	£229.51M	1.44	£29.43M	£11.85	11.16
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	£1.45B	0.00	N/A	£19.60	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBRE or JLT?

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group received 131 more outperform votes than Sabre Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.34% of users gave Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Sabre Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sabre Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 104 58.76%	Underperform Votes 73 41.24%
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	Outperform Votes 235 63.34%	Underperform Votes 136 36.66%

Do analysts prefer SBRE or JLT?

Sabre Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 62.61%. Given Sabre Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sabre Insurance Group is more favorable than Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.

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

Is SBRE or JLT 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
Sabre Insurance Group	12.82%	12.19%	3.84%
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to SBRE or JLT?

In the previous week, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group had 1 more articles in the media than Sabre Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and 0 mentions for Sabre Insurance Group. Sabre Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Sabre Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SBRE or JLT?

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

Is SBRE or JLT a better dividend stock?

Sabre Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share. Sabre Insurance Group pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group pays out 1.7% 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.

Summary

Sabre Insurance Group beats Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.