Palomar (PLMR) Competitors

Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) and Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRBG or PLMR?

Palomar received 43 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.57% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corebridge Financial	Outperform Votes 50 67.57%	Underperform Votes 24 32.43%
Palomar	Outperform Votes 93 61.59%	Underperform Votes 58 38.41%

Does the media prefer CRBG or PLMR?

In the previous week, Palomar had 7 more articles in the media than Corebridge Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Palomar and 9 mentions for Corebridge Financial. Corebridge Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Palomar's score of 1.09 indicating that Corebridge Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corebridge Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palomar	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CRBG or PLMR?

Corebridge Financial currently has a consensus price target of $36.15, suggesting a potential upside of 22.10%. Palomar has a consensus price target of $148.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.28%. Given Corebridge Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Corebridge Financial is more favorable than Palomar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corebridge Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Palomar	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk and volatility, CRBG or PLMR?

Corebridge Financial has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CRBG or PLMR?

Corebridge Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Palomar. Corebridge Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palomar, 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
Corebridge Financial	$19.06B	0.86	$2.23B	$3.78	7.83
Palomar	$553.86M	7.00	$117.57M	$4.48	32.37

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CRBG or PLMR?

98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corebridge Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Palomar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRBG or PLMR more profitable?

Palomar has a net margin of 21.23% compared to Corebridge Financial's net margin of 11.39%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.69% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corebridge Financial	11.39%	22.69%	0.74%
Palomar	21.23%	19.76%	5.78%

Summary

Corebridge Financial beats Palomar on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.