Donegal Group (DGICB) Competitors

Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) and Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HG or DGICB?

Hamilton Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Donegal Group. Hamilton Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donegal Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hamilton Insurance Group	$2.30B	0.84	$258.73M	$4.47	4.29
Donegal Group	$927.34M	0.56	$4.43M	$0.67	22.82

Does the media prefer HG or DGICB?

In the previous week, Donegal Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hamilton Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Donegal Group and 3 mentions for Hamilton Insurance Group. Hamilton Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Donegal Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hamilton Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hamilton Insurance Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Donegal Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer HG or DGICB?

Hamilton Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $22.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.89%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than Donegal Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hamilton Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Donegal Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HG or DGICB?

Donegal Group received 45 more outperform votes than Hamilton Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Hamilton Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 54.46% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hamilton Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 16 88.89%	Underperform Votes 2 11.11%
Donegal Group	Outperform Votes 61 54.46%	Underperform Votes 51 45.54%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HG or DGICB?

29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Donegal Group shares are held by company 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.

Is HG or DGICB more profitable?

Hamilton Insurance Group has a net margin of 21.88% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 2.54%. Hamilton Insurance Group's return on equity of 21.92% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamilton Insurance Group	21.88%	21.92%	6.70%
Donegal Group	2.54%	3.95%	0.84%

Summary

Hamilton Insurance Group beats Donegal Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.