PLMR vs. HMN, MAX, LMND, SAFT, EIG, RLI, AXS, SIGI, ESGR, and THG
Should you be buying Palomar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palomar include Horace Mann Educators (HMN), MediaAlpha (MAX), Lemonade (LMND), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Enstar Group (ESGR), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG).
Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) and Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Palomar shares are owned 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.
Horace Mann Educators received 104 more outperform votes than Palomar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.78% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote while only 50.84% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Palomar had 16 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Palomar and 2 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Horace Mann Educators' score of 0.54 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Horace Mann Educators currently has a consensus price target of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.67%. Palomar has a consensus price target of $92.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Palomar's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Horace Mann Educators is more favorable than Palomar.
Palomar has a net margin of 21.78% compared to Palomar's net margin of 4.26%. Horace Mann Educators' return on equity of 19.94% beat Palomar's return on equity.
Palomar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horace Mann Educators. Horace Mann Educators is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palomar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Palomar beats Horace Mann Educators on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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