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Donegal Group (DGICB) Competitors

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DGICB vs. ROOT, HMN, HCI, EIG, SAFT, BOW, AMSF, TCPC, TIPT, and PRA

Should you be buying Donegal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donegal Group include Root (ROOT), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), AMERISAFE (AMSF), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Tiptree (TIPT), and ProAssurance (PRA). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.

Donegal Group vs.

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

Donegal Group has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Donegal Group$927.34M0.52$4.43M$0.6721.10
Root$455M3.69-$147.40M-$1.23-90.43

In the previous week, Donegal Group had 2 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Donegal Group and 1 mentions for Root. Root's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Donegal Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Root has a consensus price target of $59.38, indicating a potential downside of 46.62%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Root is more favorable than Donegal Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Donegal Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Root
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Donegal Group has a net margin of 2.54% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Donegal Group's return on equity of 3.95% beat Root's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Donegal Group2.54% 3.95% 0.84%
Root -1.56%-9.81%-1.12%

Donegal Group received 34 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.46% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote while only 27.55% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Donegal GroupOutperform Votes
61
54.46%
Underperform Votes
51
45.54%
RootOutperform Votes
27
27.55%
Underperform Votes
71
72.45%

1.2% of Donegal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Donegal Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Root shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Donegal Group beats Root on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DGICB vs. The Competition

MetricDonegal GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$474.54M$44.80B$11.81B$9.11B
Dividend Yield4.43%2.38%5.73%3.98%
P/E Ratio21.1010.6624.3919.12
Price / Sales0.525.8625.98119.58
Price / Cash74.7416.8017.9238.24
Price / Book0.982.182.685.12
Net Income$4.43M$4.16B$1.03B$245.96M

Donegal Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGICB
Donegal Group
1.8585 of 5 stars
$14.14
+1.3%
N/A+2.2%$474.54M$927.34M21.10N/AEarnings Report
News Coverage
ROOT
Root
0.9136 of 5 stars
$116.14
+3.7%
$59.38
-48.9%
+1,126.4%$1.75B$455M-94.42760
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.1356 of 5 stars
$41.68
+1.3%
$43.33
+4.0%
+11.1%$1.70B$1.60B16.811,700
HCI
HCI Group
3.8453 of 5 stars
$120.34
-1.8%
$140.00
+16.3%
+21.3%$1.27B$750.67M10.05530
EIG
Employers
2.86 of 5 stars
$48.62
-2.0%
$58.00
+19.3%
+8.6%$1.20B$850.90M9.10680Earnings Report
News Coverage
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
2.9977 of 5 stars
$77.74
-0.4%
N/A-10.2%$1.15B$930.96M15.39550Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
1.6054 of 5 stars
$32.93
-1.3%
$33.60
+2.0%
N/A$1.08BN/A0.00193Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AMSF
AMERISAFE
3.1511 of 5 stars
$49.95
-0.7%
$59.50
+19.1%
-0.9%$951.55M$306.85M15.61350
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
1.8771 of 5 stars
$9.01
+0.1%
$9.00
-0.1%
-16.1%$771.17M$209.33M-18.0219,800Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
TIPT
Tiptree
2.5236 of 5 stars
$20.50
+0.6%
N/A+15.2%$759.73M$1.65B21.131,132
PRA
ProAssurance
4.6178 of 5 stars
$14.69
-0.9%
$18.67
+27.1%
+7.5%$751.54M$1.14B17.701,094Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:DGICB) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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