ProAssurance (PRA) Competitors

ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) and White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PRA or WTM?

85.6% of ProAssurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of ProAssurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PRA or WTM more profitable?

ProAssurance has a net margin of 3.72% compared to White Mountains Insurance Group's net margin of 1.29%. White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity of 5.01% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProAssurance	3.72%	4.51%	0.96%
White Mountains Insurance Group	1.29%	5.01%	2.47%

Do analysts recommend PRA or WTM?

ProAssurance presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.04%. Given ProAssurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ProAssurance is more favorable than White Mountains Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ProAssurance	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
White Mountains Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, PRA or WTM?

ProAssurance has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PRA or WTM?

White Mountains Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than ProAssurance. ProAssurance 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
ProAssurance	$1.15B	1.05	$52.74M	$0.82	28.79
White Mountains Insurance Group	$2.24B	2.05	$230.40M	$10.85	164.70

Does the media refer more to PRA or WTM?

In the previous week, White Mountains Insurance Group had 6 more articles in the media than ProAssurance. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group and 2 mentions for ProAssurance. White Mountains Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat ProAssurance's score of 0.23 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ProAssurance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
White Mountains Insurance Group	8 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 ProAssurance on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.