Global Indemnity Group (GBLI) Competitors

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

Is HCI or GBLI a better dividend stock?

HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. HCI Group pays out 18.2% 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.

Is HCI or GBLI more profitable?

HCI Group has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Global Indemnity Group's net margin of 9.05%. HCI Group's return on equity of 34.17% beat Global Indemnity Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HCI Group	19.37%	34.17%	7.44%
Global Indemnity Group	9.05%	7.74%	2.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, HCI or GBLI?

HCI Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HCI or GBLI?

HCI Group currently has a consensus price target of $140.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.70%. Given HCI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Global Indemnity Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HCI Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Global Indemnity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HCI or GBLI?

HCI Group received 31 more outperform votes than Global Indemnity Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote while only 59.45% of users gave Global Indemnity Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HCI Group	Outperform Votes 248 61.85%	Underperform Votes 153 38.15%
Global Indemnity Group	Outperform Votes 217 59.45%	Underperform Votes 148 40.55%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HCI or GBLI?

87.0% of HCI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of HCI Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HCI or GBLI?

HCI Group has higher revenue and earnings than Global Indemnity Group. Global Indemnity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI 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
HCI Group	$750.67M	1.93	$79.03M	$8.80	15.64
Global Indemnity Group	$442M	1.08	$25.43M	$2.91	11.95

Does the media prefer HCI or GBLI?

In the previous week, HCI Group had 25 more articles in the media than Global Indemnity Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for HCI Group and 2 mentions for Global Indemnity Group. HCI Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Global Indemnity Group's score of 0.20 indicating that HCI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HCI Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Indemnity Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HCI Group beats Global Indemnity Group on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.