Global Indemnity Group (GBLI) vs. The Competition Head-To-Head Survey

Global Indemnity Group (NASDAQ:GBLI) is one of 311 publicly-traded companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Global Indemnity Group to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Global Indemnity Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Indemnity Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
Global Indemnity Group Competitors	3328	15653	16502	739	2.40

As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Global Indemnity Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Indemnity Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group’s competitors have a beta of -1.53, indicating that their average share price is 253% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Global Indemnity Group pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Insurance” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 30.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Indemnity Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Global Indemnity Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Indemnity Group	7.50%	5.56%	2.28%
Global Indemnity Group Competitors	9.09%	-9.90%	4.08%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of Global Indemnity Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Global Indemnity Group and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Indemnity Group	$450.10 million	$25.33 million	9.10
Global Indemnity Group Competitors	$15.64 billion	$1.70 billion	35.13

Global Indemnity Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Global Indemnity Group. Global Indemnity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Global Indemnity Group competitors beat Global Indemnity Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Global Indemnity Group Company Profile

Global Indemnity Group, LLC, through its subsidiaries, provides specialty property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Penn-America and Non-Core Operations. The company distributes property and general liability products for small commercial businesses through a network of wholesale general agents; and property and general liability niche products through program administrators with specific binding authority. It also provides third-party treaty reinsurance for casualty insurance and reinsurance companies through brokers/intermediaries. In addition, the company offers property and general liability products distributed using company administered systems, and includes collectibles, digital direct-to-consumer insurance coverage for owners of collections; and VacantExpress, insurance coverage for owners of properties under construction, renovation, vacant, or rented, distributed through wholesale general agents and retail agents. Global Indemnity Group, LLC was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.