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$138.74 +0.56 (+0.41%)
Closing price 07/29/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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HCI vs. PLMR, KNSL, RLI, THG, FAF, SIGI, WTM, AGO, MCY, and HTH

Should you be buying HCI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCI Group include Palomar (PLMR), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), RLI (RLI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), and Hilltop (HTH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

HCI Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Palomar has a net margin of 21.99% compared to HCI Group's net margin of 17.38%. HCI Group's return on equity of 27.69% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HCI Group17.38% 27.69% 6.33%
Palomar 21.99%20.56%6.31%

87.0% of HCI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of HCI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Palomar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Palomar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HCI Group. HCI Group 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
HCI Group$750.05M2.14$109.95M$10.3413.42
Palomar$553.86M6.28$117.57M$5.0125.95

In the previous week, Palomar had 5 more articles in the media than HCI Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Palomar and 6 mentions for HCI Group. HCI Group's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Palomar's score of 1.25 indicating that HCI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HCI Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 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

HCI Group presently has a consensus price target of $181.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.64%. Palomar has a consensus price target of $174.17, indicating a potential upside of 33.98%. Given Palomar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Palomar is more favorable than HCI Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HCI Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Palomar
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

HCI Group has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HCI Group and Palomar tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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HCI vs. The Competition

MetricHCI GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.60B$56.46B$12.18B$21.03B
Dividend Yield1.16%2.01%5.56%3.60%
P/E Ratio13.4216.7718.9827.92
Price / Sales2.142.6226.1367.85
Price / Cash16.6028.7521.5723.29
Price / Book3.132.902.174.54
Net Income$109.95M$4.66B$999.65M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-2.07%-1.05%-1.15%-1.51%
1 Month Performance-8.83%-2.08%2.46%3.16%
1 Year Performance45.11%17.96%539.20%9.14%

HCI Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCI
HCI Group
4.7131 of 5 stars
$138.74
+0.4%
$181.25
+30.6%
+49.7%$1.60B$750.05M13.42530Positive News
PLMR
Palomar
3.9176 of 5 stars
$139.86
+0.2%
$174.17
+24.5%
+46.4%$3.73B$553.86M26.38150Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.7565 of 5 stars
$476.61
-0.7%
$491.88
+3.2%
+2.3%$11.19B$1.59B29.50470Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RLI
RLI
4.4874 of 5 stars
$69.24
-1.4%
$78.60
+13.5%
-9.5%$6.45B$1.77B24.691,147Positive News
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.4415 of 5 stars
$164.48
-0.6%
$181.38
+10.3%
+23.7%$5.94B$6.24B11.724,900
FAF
First American Financial
4.3208 of 5 stars
$56.28
+0.1%
$74.50
+32.4%
+1.9%$5.79B$6.13B37.2719,038Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.6735 of 5 stars
$88.59
-1.0%
$94.00
+6.1%
-8.9%$5.44B$4.86B24.332,840News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
2.3962 of 5 stars
$1,778.09
-2.1%
N/A+3.0%$4.67B$2.24B18.241,650Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.5652 of 5 stars
$83.19
-0.2%
$100.00
+20.2%
+4.7%$4.09B$872M9.94410Positive News
MCY
Mercury General
3.5808 of 5 stars
$67.81
-0.4%
$80.00
+18.0%
+20.3%$3.77B$5.48B16.524,200News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HTH
Hilltop
4.707 of 5 stars
$31.30
+0.0%
$33.00
+5.4%
-8.6%$2.01B$1.61B15.893,646Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement

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