Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE) Competitors

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

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

Do analysts rate SBRE or JLT?

Sabre Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 37.24%. Given Sabre Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

Which has preferable 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	£221.34M	1.50	£29.43M	£0.16	848.87
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group	£1.45B	0.00	N/A	£19.60	N/A

Does the media prefer SBRE or JLT?

In the previous week, Sabre Insurance Group had 4 more articles in the media than Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sabre Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. Sabre Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SBRE or JLT?

78.5% of Sabre Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Sabre Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SBRE or JLT a better dividend stock?

Sabre Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share. Sabre Insurance Group pays out 63.6% 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 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.