Tiptree (TIPT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PLMR or TIPT?

Palomar currently has a consensus price target of $127.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Given Palomar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Palomar is more favorable than Tiptree.

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
Tiptree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PLMR or TIPT more profitable?

Palomar has a net margin of 21.23% compared to Tiptree's net margin of 2.05%. Palomar's return on equity of 19.76% beat Tiptree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palomar	21.23%	19.76%	5.78%
Tiptree	2.05%	11.50%	1.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLMR or TIPT?

Tiptree received 94 more outperform votes than Palomar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.91% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palomar	Outperform Votes 88 60.27%	Underperform Votes 58 39.73%
Tiptree	Outperform Votes 182 66.91%	Underperform Votes 90 33.09%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PLMR or TIPT?

Palomar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tiptree. Tiptree 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	$553.86M	5.69	$117.57M	$4.48	26.58
Tiptree	$1.65B	0.44	$13.95M	$0.97	20.11

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PLMR or TIPT?

90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Tiptree shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Palomar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Tiptree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, PLMR or TIPT?

Palomar has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tiptree has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PLMR or TIPT?

In the previous week, Palomar had 15 more articles in the media than Tiptree. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Palomar and 4 mentions for Tiptree. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Tiptree's score of 0.12 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Palomar beats Tiptree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.