Palomar (PLMR) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$16.06B	1.13	$2.23B	$1.18	27.96
Palomar	$609.96M	6.93	$117.57M	$5.01	31.57

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, CRBG or PLMR?

Corebridge Financial has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRBG or PLMR?

Palomar received 41 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.50% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corebridge Financial	Outperform Votes 54 67.50%	Underperform Votes 26 32.50%
Palomar	Outperform Votes 95 61.69%	Underperform Votes 59 38.31%

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. 0.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Palomar 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.

Do analysts recommend CRBG or PLMR?

Corebridge Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.16%. Palomar has a consensus target price of $164.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.89%. Given Corebridge Financial's higher probable upside, 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

Does the media refer more to CRBG or PLMR?

In the previous week, Palomar had 8 more articles in the media than Corebridge Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Palomar and 9 mentions for Corebridge Financial. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Corebridge Financial's score of 1.05 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corebridge Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palomar	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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