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$119.07 -1.69 (-1.40%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$119.06 -0.01 (-0.01%)
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PLMR vs. KNSL, GL, BNT, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, ESNT, FG, ACT, and BWIN

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

Palomar vs.

Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 3 more articles in the media than Palomar. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 19 mentions for Palomar. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Palomar's score of 0.75 indicating that Kinsale Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Palomar
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kinsale Capital Group
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kinsale Capital Group received 230 more outperform votes than Palomar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PalomarOutperform Votes
88
60.27%
Underperform Votes
58
39.73%
Kinsale Capital GroupOutperform Votes
318
66.95%
Underperform Votes
157
33.05%

Palomar has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kinsale Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Palomar. Kinsale Capital Group 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
Palomar$553.86M5.69$117.57M$4.4826.58
Kinsale Capital Group$1.59B6.29$414.84M$17.7924.10

Palomar presently has a consensus price target of $127.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $468.56, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Palomar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Palomar
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Kinsale Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Palomar's net margin of 21.23%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.04% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Palomar21.23% 19.76% 5.78%
Kinsale Capital Group 26.13%28.04%8.31%

90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Palomar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Palomar on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLMR vs. The Competition

MetricPalomarFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.20B$44.53B$11.67B$9.09B
Dividend YieldN/A2.38%5.37%3.84%
P/E Ratio26.589.2222.9615.38
Price / Sales5.696.5126.4684.08
Price / Cash35.3016.8117.9037.22
Price / Book4.322.142.594.65
Net Income$117.57M$4.16B$1.03B$245.69M
7 Day Performance-6.18%-2.58%-1.40%-2.67%
1 Month Performance10.41%-0.72%0.68%-2.16%
1 Year Performance58.17%34.95%14.94%12.90%

Palomar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLMR
Palomar
2.4012 of 5 stars
$119.07
-1.4%
$127.33
+6.9%
+63.1%$3.20B$553.86M26.58150Analyst Forecast
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.7142 of 5 stars
$449.77
-7.7%
$460.78
+2.4%
-13.3%$10.48B$1.22B25.64470Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GL
Globe Life
4.9282 of 5 stars
$121.80
-1.4%
$133.10
+9.3%
-3.2%$10.22B$5.78B10.193,636Analyst Forecast
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$60.90
+1.0%
N/AN/A$8.86B$7.02B196.454,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$60.78
+0.8%
N/A+49.8%$8.84B$9.35B209.5960
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.987 of 5 stars
$74.98
+1.0%
$82.27
+9.7%
+4.4%$7.21B$8.05B12.259,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.6132 of 5 stars
$96.58
+4.0%
$92.40
-4.3%
+62.2%$7.13B$3.16B-7.643,840Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ESNT
Essent Group
4.2611 of 5 stars
$56.43
-2.6%
$62.71
+11.1%
+6.6%$5.99B$1.11B8.18350Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
2.3011 of 5 stars
$47.01
+1.2%
$46.50
-1.1%
-9.3%$5.93B$4.50B-783.341,165Earnings Report
News Coverage
ACT
Enact
N/A$33.60
+0.3%
$35.00
+4.2%
+22.2%$5.16B$1.20B7.69500Dividend Announcement
BWIN
The Baldwin Insurance Group
2.7018 of 5 stars
$41.69
+0.2%
$45.50
+9.1%
N/A$4.90B$1.33B-65.143,927Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:PLMR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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