DGICA vs. STC, HCI, EIG, SAFT, AMSF, PRA, UFCS, UVE, GBLI, and ITIC
Should you be buying Donegal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donegal Group include Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Donegal Group vs.
Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) and Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.
Donegal Group received 20 more outperform votes than Stewart Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.19% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote while only 52.11% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.
Stewart Information Services has a consensus price target of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Stewart Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than Donegal Group.
28.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Donegal Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Donegal Group has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Donegal Group had 8 more articles in the media than Stewart Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Donegal Group and 0 mentions for Stewart Information Services. Donegal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Donegal Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stewart Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than Donegal Group. Donegal Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stewart Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Donegal Group pays out 90.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stewart Information Services pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Stewart Information Services has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 2.54%. Stewart Information Services' return on equity of 6.81% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.
Summary
Stewart Information Services beats Donegal Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DGICA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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