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Donegal Group (DGICA) Competitors

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$19.03 -0.31 (-1.60%)
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DGICA vs. HTH, STC, HCI, SAFT, PRA, EIG, AMSF, UVE, UFCS, and GBLI

Should you be buying Donegal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donegal Group include Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), ProAssurance (PRA), Employers (EIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), UNIVERSAL INSURANCE (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Global Indemnity Group (GBLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Donegal Group vs. Its Competitors

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) and Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Hilltop has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donegal Group has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hilltop has higher revenue and earnings than Donegal Group. Donegal Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilltop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hilltop$1.61B1.25$113.21M$1.9715.86
Donegal Group$989.60M0.69$50.86M$2.059.28

Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hilltop pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donegal Group pays out 35.6% 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. Hilltop has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Donegal Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Donegal Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

57.1% of Hilltop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.9% of Hilltop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Donegal Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hilltop had 6 more articles in the media than Donegal Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hilltop and 4 mentions for Donegal Group. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Donegal Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Hilltop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hilltop
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Donegal Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hilltop has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 7.06%. Donegal Group's return on equity of 12.82% beat Hilltop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hilltop7.87% 5.79% 0.80%
Donegal Group 7.06%12.82%2.91%

Hilltop currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.63%. Donegal Group has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.41%. Given Hilltop's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hilltop is more favorable than Donegal Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hilltop
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Donegal Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Hilltop beats Donegal Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DGICA vs. The Competition

MetricDonegal GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$698.11M$56.52B$11.88B$8.93B
Dividend Yield3.77%1.93%5.53%4.01%
P/E Ratio9.2817.8919.9620.06
Price / Sales0.692.6825.72116.88
Price / Cash13.5531.3018.7228.59
Price / Book1.243.122.255.55
Net Income$50.86M$4.66B$990.08M$248.56M
7 Day Performance-4.95%-1.34%1.38%7.56%
1 Month Performance-2.31%-1.81%3.40%8.54%
1 Year Performance50.43%32.38%542.06%21.80%

Donegal Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGICA
Donegal Group
3.0893 of 5 stars
$19.03
-1.6%
$18.00
-5.4%
+52.7%$698.11M$989.60M9.28880News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
HTH
Hilltop
4.5195 of 5 stars
$30.39
+0.1%
$33.00
+8.6%
+6.3%$1.95B$1.61B15.433,646Positive News
Analyst Revision
STC
Stewart Information Services
2.2217 of 5 stars
$65.27
+0.0%
$79.00
+21.0%
+9.3%$1.82B$2.49B25.107,000
HCI
HCI Group
4.8216 of 5 stars
$152.18
+0.7%
$181.25
+19.1%
+71.6%$1.74B$750.05M14.72530Dividend Announcement
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
2.8474 of 5 stars
$79.39
+0.7%
N/A+3.4%$1.17B$1.12B16.24550Positive News
High Trading Volume
PRA
ProAssurance
2.0645 of 5 stars
$22.84
+0.0%
$21.00
-8.1%
+106.6%$1.17B$1.15B27.851,036
EIG
Employers
2.5761 of 5 stars
$47.11
flat
$58.00
+23.1%
+13.3%$1.13B$880.70M11.43680
AMSF
AMERISAFE
4.0574 of 5 stars
$43.73
-0.3%
$59.50
+36.1%
+1.8%$835.74M$309.04M17.63350Positive News
UVE
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE
3.8164 of 5 stars
$27.74
+0.5%
N/A+46.1%$776.51M$1.52B12.111,068
UFCS
United Fire Group
3.0006 of 5 stars
$28.70
+0.7%
$30.00
+4.5%
+37.6%$725.35M$1.25B11.341,090
GBLI
Global Indemnity Group
N/A$31.75
-2.1%
N/A+0.9%$452.69M$437.55M10.91360Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:DGICA) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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