Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, DGICA or GLRE?

Donegal Group has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenlight Capital Re has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DGICA or GLRE?

Donegal Group received 34 more outperform votes than Greenlight Capital Re when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.33% of users gave Greenlight Capital Re an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave Donegal Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Donegal Group	Outperform Votes 218 56.19%	Underperform Votes 170 43.81%
Greenlight Capital Re	Outperform Votes 184 60.33%	Underperform Votes 121 39.67%

Which has better valuation & earnings, DGICA or GLRE?

Greenlight Capital Re has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Donegal Group. Greenlight Capital Re 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
Donegal Group	$927.34M	0.58	$4.43M	$0.76	20.92
Greenlight Capital Re	$667.08M	0.77	$86.83M	$2.52	5.84

Do analysts prefer DGICA or GLRE?

Donegal Group currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.66%. Given Donegal Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Donegal Group is more favorable than Greenlight Capital Re.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Donegal Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Greenlight Capital Re	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to DGICA or GLRE?

In the previous week, Donegal Group had 5 more articles in the media than Greenlight Capital Re. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Donegal Group and 3 mentions for Greenlight Capital Re. Greenlight Capital Re's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Donegal Group's score of 1.00 indicating that Greenlight Capital Re is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Donegal Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greenlight Capital Re	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DGICA or GLRE more profitable?

Greenlight Capital Re has a net margin of 12.38% compared to Donegal Group's net margin of 2.54%. Greenlight Capital Re's return on equity of 13.95% beat Donegal Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Donegal Group	2.54%	3.95%	0.84%
Greenlight Capital Re	12.38%	13.95%	4.68%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DGICA or GLRE?

28.0% of Donegal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Donegal Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Greenlight Capital Re beats Donegal Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.