Palomar (PLMR) Competitors

Equitable (NYSE:EQH) 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 community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EQH or PLMR?

92.7% of Equitable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Palomar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EQH or PLMR?

Equitable received 193 more outperform votes than Palomar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.17% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equitable	Outperform Votes 286 62.17%	Underperform Votes 174 37.83%
Palomar	Outperform Votes 93 61.59%	Underperform Votes 58 38.41%

Does the media favor EQH or PLMR?

In the previous week, Equitable had 14 more articles in the media than Palomar. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Equitable and 10 mentions for Palomar. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Equitable's score of 1.07 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equitable	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palomar	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, EQH or PLMR?

Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than Palomar. Equitable 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
Equitable	$14.78B	1.07	$1.31B	$3.68	14.09
Palomar	$609.96M	7.08	$117.57M	$5.01	32.24

Do analysts prefer EQH or PLMR?

Equitable presently has a consensus target price of $61.83, suggesting a potential upside of 19.25%. Palomar has a consensus target price of $148.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.18%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Equitable is more favorable than Palomar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equitable	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Palomar	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk & volatility, EQH or PLMR?

Equitable has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQH or PLMR more profitable?

Palomar has a net margin of 21.23% compared to Equitable's net margin of 10.51%. Equitable's return on equity of 85.70% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equitable	10.51%	85.70%	0.69%
Palomar	21.23%	19.76%	5.78%

Summary

Equitable beats Palomar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.