Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY – Get Rating) is one of 35 publicly-traded companies in the “Insurance agents, brokers, & service” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Hagerty to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
Hagerty has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hagerty’s rivals have a beta of 1.60, meaning that their average share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Hagerty and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Hagerty | $619.08 million | -$46.36 million | -15.11 |
Hagerty Competitors | $9.40 billion | $793.06 million | 161.16 |
Hagerty’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Hagerty. Hagerty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Hagerty and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Hagerty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Hagerty Competitors | 143 | 934 | 1148 | 27 | 2.47 |
As a group, “Insurance agents, brokers, & service” companies have a potential upside of 24.19%. Given Hagerty’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hagerty has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Profitability
This table compares Hagerty and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Hagerty | -1.30% | -28.67% | -4.08% |
Hagerty Competitors | 4.85% | 28.10% | 3.29% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
19.8% of Hagerty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of shares of all “Insurance agents, brokers, & service” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Hagerty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of shares of all “Insurance agents, brokers, & service” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hagerty rivals beat Hagerty on 13 of the 13 factors compared.
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Clinton Mora is a reporter for Trending Insurance News. He has previously worked for the Forbes. As a contributor to Trending Insurance News, Clinton covers emerging a wide range of property and casualty insurance related stories.