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ProAssurance (PRA) Competitors

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$16.88 +0.07 (+0.42%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

PRA vs. HTH, STC, EIG, SAFT, HCI, AMSF, UFCS, UVE, DGICA, and ITIC

Should you be buying ProAssurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProAssurance include Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

ProAssurance vs.

ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) and Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

85.6% of ProAssurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hilltop shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of ProAssurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of Hilltop shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hilltop has a net margin of 6.65% compared to ProAssurance's net margin of 3.71%. Hilltop's return on equity of 4.90% beat ProAssurance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ProAssurance3.71% 2.65% 0.54%
Hilltop 6.65%4.90%0.66%

Hilltop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProAssurance. Hilltop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProAssurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ProAssurance$1.14B0.76-$38.60M$0.8320.34
Hilltop$1.11B1.86$109.65M$1.6319.62

ProAssurance has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilltop has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ProAssurance had 5 more articles in the media than Hilltop. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ProAssurance and 2 mentions for Hilltop. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat ProAssurance's score of 0.12 indicating that Hilltop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ProAssurance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hilltop
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ProAssurance presently has a consensus price target of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.58%. Hilltop has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Given ProAssurance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ProAssurance is more favorable than Hilltop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ProAssurance
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Hilltop
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ProAssurance received 15 more outperform votes than Hilltop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.50% of users gave ProAssurance an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ProAssuranceOutperform Votes
258
58.50%
Underperform Votes
183
41.50%
HilltopOutperform Votes
243
53.06%
Underperform Votes
215
46.94%

Summary

ProAssurance and Hilltop tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRA vs. The Competition

MetricProAssuranceFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$863.51M$45.27B$11.00B$19.79B
Dividend YieldN/A7.51%5.94%3.50%
P/E Ratio20.3410.6328.4241.87
Price / Sales0.761.9345.0320.82
Price / Cash13.7019.5618.4921.65
Price / Book0.702.233.694.66
Net Income-$38.60M$3.90B$998.34M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-0.65%0.99%-0.06%-2.12%
1 Month Performance6.10%5.10%1.86%-0.39%
1 Year Performance27.59%52.67%24.78%23.34%

ProAssurance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRA
ProAssurance
4.493 of 5 stars
$16.88
+0.4%
$18.67
+10.6%
+28.6%$863.51M$1.14B20.341,094Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
HTH
Hilltop
4.493 of 5 stars
$32.92
+0.2%
N/A+4.7%$2.14B$1.57B20.203,820Short Interest ↓
Positive News
STC
Stewart Information Services
2.5239 of 5 stars
$72.37
-0.5%
N/A+62.4%$2.01B$2.26B34.146,800Positive News
EIG
Employers
2.2144 of 5 stars
$53.40
-0.9%
N/A+39.4%$1.33B$850.90M10.00717Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
SAFT
Safety Insurance Group
3.6483 of 5 stars
$86.65
-0.6%
N/A+10.0%$1.29B$930.96M17.16539Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
HCI
HCI Group
4.5863 of 5 stars
$115.80
+1.1%
N/A+37.7%$1.21B$550.67M9.67530Short Interest ↓
AMSF
AMERISAFE
2.6905 of 5 stars
$59.66
+0.2%
N/A+17.2%$1.14B$315.18M18.64350Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UFCS
United Fire Group
2.947 of 5 stars
$25.36
-0.5%
N/A+28.4%$645.72M$1.10B13.07852News Coverage
Positive News
UVE
Universal Insurance
4.8984 of 5 stars
$22.39
-0.7%
N/A+35.7%$637.57M$1.39B9.101,244Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
DGICA
Donegal Group
3.5128 of 5 stars
$15.90
flat
N/A+10.6%$532.39M$927.34M20.92880Insider Buying
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ITIC
Investors Title
1.7571 of 5 stars
$270.70
+4.4%
N/A+80.9%$488.70M$224.75M17.92560Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:PRA) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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