Palomar (PLMR) Competitors

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

Is PLMR or KNSL more profitable?

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.80% compared to Palomar's net margin of 21.55%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.87% beat Palomar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palomar	21.55%	19.65%	5.51%
Kinsale Capital Group	26.80%	28.87%	8.44%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PLMR or KNSL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Palomar	$375.93M	7.77	$79.20M	$4.21	26.22
Kinsale Capital Group	$1.22B	8.31	$308.09M	$17.54	24.91

Do analysts prefer PLMR or KNSL?

Palomar currently has a consensus price target of $115.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.65%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $468.89, suggesting a potential upside of 7.33%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's higher possible 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLMR or KNSL?

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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLMR or KNSL?

Kinsale Capital Group received 231 more outperform votes than Palomar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.09% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palomar	Outperform Votes 85 59.86%	Underperform Votes 57 40.14%
Kinsale Capital Group	Outperform Votes 316 67.09%	Underperform Votes 155 32.91%

Does the media refer more to PLMR or KNSL?

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 5 more articles in the media than Palomar. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 4 mentions for Palomar. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Palomar	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinsale Capital Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, PLMR or KNSL?

Palomar has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Palomar on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.