Head to Head Review: Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE) and Its Peers

Greenlight Capital Re (NASDAQ:GLRE) is one of 311 public companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Greenlight Capital Re to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Greenlight Capital Re and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenlight Capital Re	0	2	0	0	2.00
Greenlight Capital Re Competitors	3320	15614	16443	736	2.40

As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 6.40%. Given Greenlight Capital Re’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Greenlight Capital Re has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Greenlight Capital Re and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenlight Capital Re	7.47%	7.28%	2.32%
Greenlight Capital Re Competitors	9.36%	-9.77%	4.23%

Risk and Volatility

Greenlight Capital Re has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenlight Capital Re’s peers have a beta of -1.46, suggesting that their average stock price is 246% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Greenlight Capital Re and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenlight Capital Re	$645.01 million	$74.83 million	9.97
Greenlight Capital Re Competitors	$15.61 billion	$1.70 billion	34.58

Greenlight Capital Re’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Greenlight Capital Re. Greenlight Capital Re is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.5% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of shares of all “Insurance” companies 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.

Summary

Greenlight Capital Re peers beat Greenlight Capital Re on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Greenlight Capital Re

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, operates as a property and casualty reinsurance company worldwide. The company offers various property reinsurance products and services, including automobile physical damage, personal lines, and commercial lines. It also provides casualty reinsurance products and services comprising general liability, motor liability, professional liability, and worker's compensation; and accident and health, transactional liability, mortgage insurance, surety, trade credit, marine, and energy, as well as other specialty products, such as aviation, crop, cyber, political, and terrorism products. The company markets its products through reinsurance brokers. Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.