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$114.47 +1.87 (+1.66%)
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PLMR vs. GL, KNSL, VOYA, JXN, BNRE, ESNT, ACT, OSCR, HGTY, and FG

Should you be buying Palomar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palomar include Globe Life (GL), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), Oscar Health (OSCR), Hagerty (HGTY), and F&G Annuities & Life (FG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Palomar vs. Its Competitors

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

Globe Life currently has a consensus price target of $152.11, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Palomar has a consensus price target of $156.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.86%. Given Palomar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Palomar is more favorable than Globe Life.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Globe Life
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Palomar
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Globe Life has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Palomar has a net margin of 22.71% compared to Globe Life's net margin of 18.11%. Globe Life's return on equity of 21.24% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Globe Life18.11% 21.24% 3.74%
Palomar 22.71%20.35%6.38%

In the previous week, Palomar had 10 more articles in the media than Globe Life. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Palomar and 14 mentions for Globe Life. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Palomar's score of 0.80 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Globe Life
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palomar
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Globe Life has higher revenue and earnings than Palomar. Globe Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palomar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Globe Life$5.78B1.89$1.07B$12.5110.77
Palomar$553.86M5.53$117.57M$5.6920.12

81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Globe Life shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Palomar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Globe Life and Palomar tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLMR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PLMR vs. The Competition

MetricPalomarINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.07B$57.34B$12.54B$10.56B
Dividend YieldN/A1.93%5.60%4.81%
P/E Ratio20.1216.2028.5527.13
Price / Sales5.532.6830.15130.24
Price / Cash24.7128.7922.2260.81
Price / Book4.152.932.236.52
Net Income$117.57M$4.66B$1.02B$276.93M
7 Day Performance-3.05%-1.49%0.22%1.93%
1 Month Performance-1.18%-1.97%-2.24%2.19%
1 Year Performance17.90%14.90%537.64%34.62%

Palomar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLMR
Palomar
4.5023 of 5 stars
$114.47
+1.7%
$156.67
+36.9%
+17.9%$3.07B$553.86M20.12150Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GL
Globe Life
4.802 of 5 stars
$136.37
+0.3%
$155.70
+14.2%
+22.8%$11.02B$5.78B10.903,732Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
4.0145 of 5 stars
$471.31
+0.3%
$506.89
+7.5%
-5.5%$10.95B$1.59B24.59470Upcoming Earnings
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9744 of 5 stars
$73.75
+1.6%
$85.00
+15.3%
-12.4%$7.00B$8.05B14.7510,000
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.5055 of 5 stars
$95.34
+0.4%
$109.20
+14.5%
-2.5%$6.61B$3.27B4.943,970Positive News
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$43.12
-4.2%
N/A-21.2%$6.27B$9.35B148.6960High Trading Volume
ESNT
Essent Group
4.4376 of 5 stars
$59.29
+0.2%
$65.67
+10.8%
-6.9%$5.83B$1.24B8.66350Positive News
ACT
Enact
N/A$35.72
+0.9%
$35.00
-2.0%
-3.0%$5.22B$1.20B8.14500Analyst Forecast
OSCR
Oscar Health
2.2156 of 5 stars
$20.36
+8.5%
$12.64
-37.9%
+18.1%$4.85B$9.18B-25.142,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HGTY
Hagerty
3.8459 of 5 stars
$11.79
+0.8%
$13.88
+17.7%
+6.0%$4.00B$1.20B58.941,744Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.0939 of 5 stars
$28.94
-0.8%
$38.33
+32.4%
-34.2%$3.93B$5.74B11.671,338News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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