DGICA vs. STC, HTH, EIG, SAFT, HCI, AMSF, PRA, UFCS, UVE, 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), Hilltop (HTH), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Donegal Group vs.
Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) and Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Donegal Group pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Stewart Information Services pays out 94.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Donegal Group has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Donegal Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Donegal Group shares are held by company 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 net margin of 2.54% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 2.47%. Stewart Information Services' return on equity of 5.77% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.
Donegal Group received 22 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 52.41% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Donegal Group had 14 more articles in the media than Stewart Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Donegal Group and 3 mentions for Stewart Information Services. Donegal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 0.64 indicating that Donegal Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stewart Information Services presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.05%. Donegal Group has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.29%. Given Stewart Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than Donegal Group.
Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donegal Group has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Stewart Information Services beats Donegal Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DGICA) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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