White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) Competitors

Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) and White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ERIE or WTM?

Erie Indemnity has higher revenue and earnings than White Mountains Insurance Group. White Mountains Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, 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
Erie Indemnity	$3.82B	4.64	$446.06M	$10.69	35.85
White Mountains Insurance Group	$2.24B	2.10	$230.40M	$89.99	20.32

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ERIE or WTM?

33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of White Mountains Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ERIE or WTM?

Erie Indemnity received 17 more outperform votes than White Mountains Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave White Mountains Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Erie Indemnity	Outperform Votes 241 63.59%	Underperform Votes 138 36.41%
White Mountains Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 224 59.26%	Underperform Votes 154 40.74%

Is ERIE or WTM more profitable?

Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.16% compared to White Mountains Insurance Group's net margin of 10.29%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.22% beat White Mountains Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Erie Indemnity	15.16%	31.22%	21.14%
White Mountains Insurance Group	10.29%	10.56%	5.27%

Is ERIE or WTM a better dividend stock?

Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. White Mountains Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Erie Indemnity pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. White Mountains Insurance Group pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Erie Indemnity has raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ERIE or WTM?

Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, White Mountains Insurance Group has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ERIE or WTM?

In the previous week, White Mountains Insurance Group had 3 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for White Mountains Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Erie Indemnity. White Mountains Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.00 indicating that White Mountains Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Erie Indemnity	Neutral
White Mountains Insurance Group	Very Positive

Summary

Erie Indemnity beats White Mountains Insurance Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.