Contrasting Sampo (SAXPY) & The Competition

Dividends

Sampo pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sampo pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “INS – PROP&CASLTY” companies pay a dividend yield of 0.9% and pay out 15.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Sampo and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sampo	N/A	18.27%	5.27%
Sampo Competitors	8.95%	10.45%	3.40%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Sampo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of shares of all “INS – PROP&CASLTY” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of shares of all “INS – PROP&CASLTY” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sampo and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sampo	$2.47 billion	$1.25 billion	23.20
Sampo Competitors	$24.06 billion	$4.57 billion	15.95

Sampo’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Sampo. Sampo is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Sampo has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sampo’s rivals have a beta of 0.70, suggesting that their average share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sampo rivals beat Sampo on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

About Sampo

Sampo Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of non-life insurance products and services in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. The company operates through If, Topdanmark, Hastings, Mandatum, and Holding segments. It offers property, casualty, liability, accident, sickness, household, homeowner, motor, travel, marine, aviation, transport, forest, livestock, health, workers compensation, car, van, and bike insurance services, as well as reinsurance services. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.