GLRE vs. DGICA, GBLI, UIHC, PTVCA, TIPT, MHLD, RGA, RNR, ESGR, and SKWD
Should you be buying Greenlight Capital Re stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenlight Capital Re include Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), United Insurance (UIHC), Protective Insurance (PTVCA), Tiptree (TIPT), Maiden (MHLD), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) and Greenlight Capital Re (NASDAQ:GLRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Greenlight Capital Re has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Donegal Group. Greenlight Capital Re is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donegal Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Donegal Group received 34 more outperform votes than Greenlight Capital Re when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.33% of users gave Greenlight Capital Re an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Donegal Group had 3 more articles in the media than Greenlight Capital Re. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Donegal Group and 2 mentions for Greenlight Capital Re. Donegal Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Greenlight Capital Re's score of 0.96 indicating that Greenlight Capital Re is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
28.0% of Donegal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Donegal Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Donegal Group has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenlight Capital Re has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Greenlight Capital Re has a net margin of 15.69% compared to Greenlight Capital Re's net margin of 0.55%. Donegal Group's return on equity of 18.32% beat Greenlight Capital Re's return on equity.
Donegal Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.29%. Given Greenlight Capital Re's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Donegal Group is more favorable than Greenlight Capital Re.
Summary
Greenlight Capital Re beats Donegal Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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