DGICA vs. HCI, HTH, STC, PRA, SAFT, EIG, AMSF, UFCS, UVE, and ITIC
Should you be buying Donegal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donegal Group include HCI Group (HCI), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), ProAssurance (PRA), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Donegal Group vs. Its Competitors
HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) and Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
HCI Group currently has a consensus price target of $181.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.46%. Donegal Group has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.78%. Given HCI Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Donegal Group.
HCI Group has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 8.33%. HCI Group's return on equity of 25.84% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.
HCI Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Donegal Group. Donegal Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. HCI Group pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donegal Group pays out 30.7% 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. Donegal Group has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Donegal Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, HCI Group had 3 more articles in the media than Donegal Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HCI Group and 1 mentions for Donegal Group. Donegal Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat HCI Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Donegal Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.0% of HCI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of HCI Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Donegal Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
HCI Group beats Donegal Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DGICA) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
