Donegal Group (DGICB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Donegal Group Inc., an insurance holding company, provides personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, New England, and southern states. It operates through four segments: Investment Function, Personal Lines of Insurance, and Commercial Lines of Insurance. The company offers private passenger automobile policies that provide protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents, as well as protection against loss from damage to automobiles. It also offers homeowners policies, which provide coverage for damage to residences and their contents from a range of perils, including fire, lightning, windstorm, and theft; and liability of the insured arising from injury to other persons or their property. In addition, the company offers commercial automobile policies that provide protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents and protection against loss from damage to automobiles owned by the insured; commercial multi-peril policies that provide protection to businesses against various perils, primarily combining liability and physical damage coverages; and workers' compensation policies, which provide benefits to employees for injuries sustained during employment. The company markets its insurance products through a network of approximately 2,400 independent insurance agencies. Donegal Group Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.63 to $18.87
• 50-Day Range: $15.30 to $19.76
• 52-Week Range: $13.84 to $20.46
• Volume: 419 shs
• Average Volume: 3,813 shs
• Market Capitalization: $682.28 million
• P/E Ratio: 10.91
• Dividend Yield: 3.80%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Donegal Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Donegal Group scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 697th out of 888 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Donegal Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Donegal Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Donegal Group is 10.91, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.38.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Donegal Group is 10.91, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.17.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Donegal Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.05. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.02% of the float of Donegal Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Donegal Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Donegal Group has recently decreased by 34.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Donegal Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.65%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Donegal Group has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Donegal Group is 41.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.41

News Sentiment

Donegal Group has a news sentiment score of 0.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Donegal Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Donegal Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.57% of the stock of Donegal Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

1.19% of the stock of Donegal Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/17 Dividend: 2/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 2/17 Dividend: 2/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 2/17/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/30/2026
• Record date for 5/15 Dividend: 5/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/15 Dividend: 5/01/2026
• Today: 5/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: INS - PROP&CASLTY
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:DGICB
• CIK: 800457
• Web: www.donegalgroup.com
• Phone: 717-426-1931
• Fax: 717-426-7030
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: 1889

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.69
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.91
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $79.34 million
• Net Margins: 6.77%
• Pretax Margin: 8.31%
• Return on Equity: 10.31%
• Return on Assets: 2.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.05
• Current Ratio: 0.39
• Quick Ratio: 0.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $978.01 million
• Price / Sales: 0.70
• Cash Flow: $2.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.62
• Book Value: $17.54 per share
• Price / Book: 1.05

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 37,000,000
• Free Float: 33,832,000
• Market Cap: $682.28 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.06