Safety Insurance Group (SAFT) Competitors

White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) and Safety Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SAFT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTM or SAFT?

White Mountains Insurance Group received 79 more outperform votes than Safety Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.26% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Safety Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
White Mountains Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 224 59.26%	Underperform Votes 154 40.74%
Safety Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 145 56.42%	Underperform Votes 112 43.58%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WTM or SAFT?

88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WTM or SAFT a better dividend stock?

White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Safety Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safety Insurance Group pays out 75.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is WTM or SAFT more profitable?

White Mountains Insurance Group has a net margin of 10.29% compared to Safety Insurance Group's net margin of 6.86%. White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity of 10.56% beat Safety Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
White Mountains Insurance Group	10.29%	10.56%	5.27%
Safety Insurance Group	6.86%	6.35%	2.41%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WTM or SAFT?

White Mountains Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Safety Insurance Group. Safety Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than White Mountains 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
White Mountains Insurance Group	$2.35B	1.93	$230.40M	$89.99	19.57
Safety Insurance Group	$1.11B	1.03	$18.88M	$4.77	16.04

Which has more volatility & risk, WTM or SAFT?

White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer WTM or SAFT?

In the previous week, White Mountains Insurance Group had 4 more articles in the media than Safety Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group and 4 mentions for Safety Insurance Group. Safety Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat White Mountains Insurance Group's score of 1.52 indicating that Safety Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
White Mountains Insurance Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Safety Insurance Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

White Mountains Insurance Group beats Safety Insurance Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.