LMND vs. PLMR, HMN, SAFT, AMSF, EIG, SKWD, SPNT, MCY, JRVR, and PRA
Should you be buying Lemonade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lemonade include Palomar (PLMR), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Employers (EIG), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Mercury General (MCY), James River Group (JRVR), and ProAssurance (PRA). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Lemonade vs.
Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) and Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Lemonade has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Palomar had 12 more articles in the media than Lemonade. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Palomar and 0 mentions for Lemonade. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Lemonade's score of 0.00 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Palomar has a net margin of 16.25% compared to Lemonade's net margin of -93.89%. Palomar's return on equity of 17.61% beat Lemonade's return on equity.
Palomar has higher revenue and earnings than Lemonade. Lemonade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palomar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lemonade currently has a consensus price target of $17.06, indicating a potential downside of 6.04%. Palomar has a consensus price target of $68.86, indicating a potential upside of 26.39%. Given Palomar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Palomar is more favorable than Lemonade.
Palomar received 42 more outperform votes than Lemonade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.77% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote while only 35.21% of users gave Lemonade an outperform vote.
67.7% of Lemonade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Lemonade shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Palomar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Palomar beats Lemonade on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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