Financial Review: Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) and Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG)

Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Hamilton Insurance Group and Kinsale Capital Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamilton Insurance Group	19.11%	18.53%	5.44%
Kinsale Capital Group	26.33%	31.21%	8.71%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hamilton Insurance Group and Kinsale Capital Group’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hamilton Insurance Group	$1.95 billion	0.97	$258.73 million	$3.29	5.21
Kinsale Capital Group	$1.22 billion	8.44	$308.09 million	$15.05	29.49

Kinsale Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hamilton Insurance Group. Hamilton Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinsale Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Hamilton Insurance Group and Kinsale Capital Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hamilton Insurance Group	0	0	6	0	3.00
Kinsale Capital Group	0	7	2	0	2.22

Hamilton Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.75%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus target price of $434.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.21%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than Kinsale Capital Group.

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Hamilton Insurance Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hamilton Insurance Group

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides underwriting specialty insurance and reinsurance risks in Bermuda and internationally. The company operates Hamilton Global Specialty, Hamilton Select, and Hamilton Re underwriting platforms. The company offers casualty reinsurance products, such as commercial motor, general liability, healthcare, multiline, personal motor, professional liability, umbrella and excess casualty, and worker's compensation and employer's liability reinsurance; property reinsurance and insurance; and specialty reinsurance solutions, including accident and health, aviation and space, crisis management, mortgage, financial lines, marine and energy, and multiline specialty. In addition, it offers accident and health, cyber, energy, environmental, financial lines, fine art and specie, kidnap and ransom, mergers and acquisitions, marine and energy liability, political risk and violence, professional liability, property binders, property direct and facultative, professional lines, space, upstream energy, excess casualty, war and terrorism, allied medical, management liability, medical professionals, general liability, products liability and contractors, and small business casualty insurance plans, as well as surety and treaty reinsurance products. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

About Kinsale Capital Group

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc., a specialty insurance company, engages in the provision of property and casualty insurance products in the United States. The company's commercial lines offerings include commercial property, small business casualty and property, excess and general casualty, construction, allied health, life sciences, entertainment, energy, environmental, excess professional, health care, public entity, commercial auto, inland marine, aviation, ocean marine, product recall, and railroad, as well as product, professional, and management liability insurance. It markets and sells its insurance products in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands primarily through a network of independent insurance brokers. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.