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
Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) and Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
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 news media.
28.0% of Donegal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hilltop shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Donegal Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Hilltop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Donegal Group has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilltop has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Donegal Group pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilltop pays out 36.5% 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 and Hilltop has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Donegal Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Donegal Group currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.83%. Hilltop has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.42%. Given Hilltop's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilltop is more favorable than Donegal Group.
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.
Summary
Hilltop beats Donegal Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DGICA) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff