Palomar (PLMR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EQH or PLMR?

92.7% of Equitable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Palomar shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Palomar shares are owned 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.

Do analysts rate EQH or PLMR?

Equitable presently has a consensus target price of $60.91, indicating a potential upside of 28.73%. Palomar has a consensus target price of $148.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.89%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equitable is more favorable than Palomar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equitable	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 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

Which has more risk and volatility, EQH or PLMR?

Equitable has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palomar has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor EQH or PLMR?

In the previous week, Palomar had 2 more articles in the media than Equitable. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Palomar and 22 mentions for Equitable. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Palomar's score of 0.71 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equitable	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palomar	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EQH or PLMR?

Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than Palomar. Equitable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palomar, 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
Equitable	$12.44B	1.17	$1.31B	$3.82	12.39
Palomar	$553.86M	7.43	$117.57M	$4.48	34.45

Is EQH or PLMR more profitable?

Palomar has a net margin of 21.23% compared to Equitable's net margin of 10.51%. Equitable's return on equity of 85.70% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equitable	10.51%	85.70%	0.69%
Palomar	21.23%	19.76%	5.78%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EQH or PLMR?

Equitable received 189 more outperform votes than Palomar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.84% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equitable	Outperform Votes 282 61.84%	Underperform Votes 174 38.16%
Palomar	Outperform Votes 93 61.59%	Underperform Votes 58 38.41%

Summary

Equitable beats Palomar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.