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).
Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
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. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Palomar's score of 0.59 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Palomar presently has a consensus price target of $92.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.42%. Horace Mann Educators has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.67%. Given Horace Mann Educators' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Horace Mann Educators is more favorable than Palomar.
90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Palomar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Palomar has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Palomar has a net margin of 21.78% compared to Horace Mann Educators' net margin of 4.26%. Palomar's return on equity of 19.94% beat Horace Mann Educators' return on equity.
Palomar has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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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