Global Indemnity Group (GBLI) versus Its Competitors Financial Review

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

Volatility & Risk

Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Indemnity Group’s competitors have a beta of -1.51, indicating that their average share price is 251% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Indemnity Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
Global Indemnity Group Competitors	3321	15621	16447	737	2.40

As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 6.39%. Given Global Indemnity Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Indemnity Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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 2.9% and pay out 30.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Indemnity Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Indemnity Group	$450.10 million	$25.33 million	10.60
Global Indemnity Group Competitors	$15.39 billion	$1.70 billion	34.44

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.

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	9.24%	-9.74%	4.23%

Summary

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

About Global Indemnity Group

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.