Donegal Group (DGICB) Competitors

Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICB) and Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, DGICB or HG?

Donegal Group has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Insurance Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DGICB or HG?

1.2% of Donegal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Donegal Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DGICB or HG more profitable?

Hamilton Insurance Group has a net margin of 21.88% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 5.14%. Hamilton Insurance Group's return on equity of 21.92% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Donegal Group	5.14%	9.50%	2.02%
Hamilton Insurance Group	21.88%	21.92%	6.70%

Do analysts recommend DGICB or HG?

Hamilton Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $23.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.71%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than Donegal Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Donegal Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hamilton Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DGICB or HG?

Donegal Group received 41 more outperform votes than Hamilton Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Hamilton Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 54.46% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Donegal Group	Outperform Votes 61 54.46%	Underperform Votes 51 45.54%
Hamilton Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 20 83.33%	Underperform Votes 4 16.67%

Does the media refer more to DGICB or HG?

In the previous week, Hamilton Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Donegal Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hamilton Insurance Group and 5 mentions for Donegal Group. Hamilton Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Donegal Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hamilton Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Donegal Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hamilton Insurance Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, DGICB or HG?

Hamilton Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Donegal Group. Hamilton Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donegal 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
Donegal Group	$989.60M	0.60	$4.43M	$1.37	12.71
Hamilton Insurance Group	$2.38B	0.79	$258.73M	$3.64	5.08

Summary

Hamilton Insurance Group beats Donegal Group on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.