Global Indemnity Group (GBLI) Competitors

Safety Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SAFT) and Global Indemnity Group (NASDAQ:GBLI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SAFT or GBLI?

81.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.5% of Global Indemnity Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SAFT or GBLI?

Global Indemnity Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Safety Insurance Group. Global Indemnity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safety Insurance 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
Safety Insurance Group	$1.14B	1.07	$18.88M	$4.89	16.74
Global Indemnity Group	$437.55M	1.00	$25.43M	$2.00	15.38

Which has more risk & volatility, SAFT or GBLI?

Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SAFT or GBLI more profitable?

Global Indemnity Group has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Safety Insurance Group's net margin of 6.86%. Global Indemnity Group's return on equity of 7.74% beat Safety Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safety Insurance Group	6.86%	6.35%	2.41%
Global Indemnity Group	9.05%	7.74%	2.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SAFT or GBLI?

Global Indemnity Group received 80 more outperform votes than Safety Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.53% of users gave Global Indemnity Group an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave Safety Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Safety Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 147 56.76%	Underperform Votes 112 43.24%
Global Indemnity Group	Outperform Votes 227 60.53%	Underperform Votes 148 39.47%

Does the media refer more to SAFT or GBLI?

In the previous week, Global Indemnity Group had 3 more articles in the media than Safety Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Indemnity Group and 4 mentions for Safety Insurance Group. Global Indemnity Group's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Safety Insurance Group's score of 1.37 indicating that Global Indemnity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Safety Insurance Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Indemnity Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SAFT or GBLI a better dividend stock?

Safety Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Safety Insurance Group pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Indemnity Group pays out 70.0% 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. Global Indemnity Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Global Indemnity Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Global Indemnity Group beats Safety Insurance Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.