Global Indemnity Group (GBLI) Competitors

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) and Global Indemnity Group (NASDAQ:GBLI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, HTH or GBLI?

Hilltop has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HTH or GBLI more profitable?

Global Indemnity Group has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Hilltop's net margin of 6.65%. Global Indemnity Group's return on equity of 7.74% beat Hilltop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hilltop	6.65%	4.90%	0.66%
Global Indemnity Group	9.05%	7.74%	2.94%

Do analysts rate HTH or GBLI?

Hilltop currently has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.57%. Given Hilltop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hilltop is more favorable than Global Indemnity Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hilltop	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Global Indemnity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HTH or GBLI?

Hilltop has higher revenue and earnings than Global Indemnity Group. Global Indemnity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilltop, 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
Hilltop	$1.57B	1.24	$109.65M	$1.63	18.31
Global Indemnity Group	$528.13M	0.92	$25.43M	$2.91	12.13

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HTH or GBLI?

57.1% of Hilltop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of Hilltop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Global Indemnity Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HTH or GBLI?

In the previous week, Hilltop had 18 more articles in the media than Global Indemnity Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hilltop and 2 mentions for Global Indemnity Group. Global Indemnity Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Hilltop's score of 0.30 indicating that Global Indemnity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hilltop	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Global Indemnity Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HTH or GBLI a better dividend stock?

Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hilltop pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Indemnity Group pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HTH or GBLI?

Hilltop received 30 more outperform votes than Global Indemnity Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.00% of users gave Global Indemnity Group an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hilltop	Outperform Votes 243 52.83%	Underperform Votes 217 47.17%
Global Indemnity Group	Outperform Votes 213 59.00%	Underperform Votes 148 41.00%

Summary

Hilltop beats Global Indemnity Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.