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$129.62 -2.87 (-2.17%)
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PLMR vs. GL, KNSL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, BWIN, FG, 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), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), and Oscar Health (OSCR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Palomar vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Palomar$553.86M6.26$117.57M$5.0125.87
Globe Life$5.78B1.96$1.07B$12.5110.97

Palomar presently has a consensus target price of $174.17, suggesting a potential upside of 34.37%. Globe Life has a consensus target price of $149.18, suggesting a potential upside of 8.75%. Given Palomar's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Palomar is more favorable than Globe Life.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Palomar
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Globe Life
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

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

In the previous week, Globe Life had 9 more articles in the media than Palomar. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Globe Life and 20 mentions for Palomar. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Globe Life's score of 0.66 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Palomar
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Globe Life
11 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Palomar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Globe Life shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Palomar has a net margin of 21.99% compared to Globe Life's net margin of 18.11%. Globe Life's return on equity of 21.55% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Palomar21.99% 20.56% 6.31%
Globe Life 18.11%21.55%3.75%

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$3.54B$56.03B$12.08B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.02%5.63%4.08%
P/E Ratio25.8716.3319.7423.80
Price / Sales6.262.6025.9188.08
Price / Cash28.6028.2321.3357.96
Price / Book4.702.792.095.55
Net Income$117.57M$4.66B$1.00B$259.03M
7 Day Performance-2.19%-2.39%-2.46%-4.56%
1 Month Performance-9.77%-1.97%-0.96%4.49%
1 Year Performance44.02%20.90%537.06%18.05%

Palomar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLMR
Palomar
3.9402 of 5 stars
$129.62
-2.2%
$174.17
+34.4%
+44.7%$3.54B$553.86M25.87150Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
GL
Globe Life
4.681 of 5 stars
$133.94
-0.9%
$146.00
+9.0%
+47.5%$11.06B$5.78B10.713,732Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.6882 of 5 stars
$472.04
-1.1%
$505.00
+7.0%
-0.7%$11.00B$1.72B24.62470Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$67.68
+0.9%
N/A+40.5%$9.85B$9.35B233.3960
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9599 of 5 stars
$71.18
-0.9%
$83.50
+17.3%
-4.4%$6.85B$7.83B13.4310,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.0876 of 5 stars
$88.11
-0.1%
$96.40
+9.4%
-0.9%$6.29B$3.27B85.543,970Upcoming Earnings
ESNT
Essent Group
4.724 of 5 stars
$56.05
-1.1%
$63.71
+13.7%
-7.7%$5.68B$1.29B8.21350News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
ACT
Enact
N/A$35.11
-0.3%
$35.00
-0.3%
+4.9%$5.27B$1.20B7.91500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.5641 of 5 stars
$39.83
-2.0%
$45.17
+13.4%
-18.3%$4.72B$1.39B-76.604,116Upcoming Earnings
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.3426 of 5 stars
$32.23
0.0%
$43.33
+34.4%
-22.5%$4.34B$5.74B8.551,338Upcoming Earnings
OSCR
Oscar Health
2.1089 of 5 stars
$14.71
+1.8%
$12.21
-17.0%
-24.8%$3.75B$9.18B52.542,400Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:PLMR) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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