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PLMR vs. GL, KNSL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, FG, LMND, and OSCR

Should you be buying Palomar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palomar include Globe Life (GL), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lemonade (LMND), and Oscar Health (OSCR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Palomar vs. Its Competitors

Globe Life (NYSE:GL) and Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Palomar had 15 more articles in the media than Globe Life. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Palomar and 20 mentions for Globe Life. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Palomar's score of 0.75 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Globe Life
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palomar
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Globe Life shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Palomar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Globe Life$5.78B1.98$1.07B$12.5111.28
Palomar$553.86M6.05$117.57M$5.6921.98

Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Globe Life currently has a consensus target price of $152.45, indicating a potential upside of 8.01%. Palomar has a consensus target price of $165.83, indicating a potential upside of 32.61%. Given Palomar's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Palomar is more favorable than Globe Life.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Globe Life
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Palomar
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Palomar has a net margin of 22.71% compared to Globe Life's net margin of 18.11%. Globe Life's return on equity of 21.24% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Globe Life18.11% 21.24% 3.74%
Palomar 22.71%20.35%6.38%

Summary

Globe Life beats Palomar on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLMR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PLMR vs. The Competition

MetricPalomarINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.35B$59.23B$12.61B$9.78B
Dividend YieldN/A1.85%5.44%4.05%
P/E Ratio21.9816.4919.4126.05
Price / Sales6.052.8126.24117.77
Price / Cash27.0028.7822.1959.36
Price / Book3.952.412.356.60
Net Income$117.57M$4.66B$1.01B$265.65M
7 Day Performance3.98%2.42%1.74%2.01%
1 Month Performance-8.68%2.51%1.03%-0.33%
1 Year Performance26.26%17.61%537.36%19.04%

Palomar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLMR
Palomar
4.324 of 5 stars
$125.05
-1.4%
$165.83
+32.6%
+28.4%$3.35B$553.86M21.98150Trending News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
GL
Globe Life
4.6151 of 5 stars
$135.99
+0.4%
$152.45
+12.1%
+42.6%$11.02B$5.78B10.873,732Trending News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
4.2768 of 5 stars
$446.09
+1.0%
$505.80
+13.4%
-6.1%$10.39B$1.59B23.27470Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$65.38
-0.7%
N/A+36.0%$9.51B$9.35B225.4660News Coverage
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9771 of 5 stars
$73.93
-0.1%
$83.50
+12.9%
+13.3%$7.13B$8.05B14.7910,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JXN
Jackson Financial
1.909 of 5 stars
$93.95
-0.5%
$101.20
+7.7%
+17.2%$6.54B$3.27B-1,565.513,970Positive News
ESNT
Essent Group
4.5631 of 5 stars
$61.55
-0.5%
$63.67
+3.4%
+3.6%$6.06B$1.24B8.99350Positive News
ACT
Enact
N/A$37.28
-0.4%
$35.00
-6.1%
+11.1%$5.50B$1.20B8.49500
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.2801 of 5 stars
$34.00
-1.4%
$44.33
+30.4%
-12.3%$4.58B$5.74B13.711,338Positive News
LMND
Lemonade
3.1562 of 5 stars
$59.69
+4.0%
$40.43
-32.3%
+226.9%$4.41B$526.50M-21.091,235
OSCR
Oscar Health
1.9465 of 5 stars
$16.69
+6.7%
$12.07
-27.7%
+0.4%$4.32B$9.18B-20.602,400News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PLMR) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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