Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) vs. Seibels Bruce Group (OTCMKTS:SBBG) Head-To-Head Comparison

Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) and Seibels Bruce Group (OTCMKTS:SBBG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

20.5% of Hagerty shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Hagerty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.4% of Seibels Bruce Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Hagerty and Seibels Bruce Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hagerty	0	4	4	0	2.50
Seibels Bruce Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Hagerty presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.47%. Given Hagerty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hagerty is more favorable than Seibels Bruce Group.

Volatility and Risk

Hagerty has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seibels Bruce Group has a beta of 5.69, indicating that its share price is 469% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Hagerty and Seibels Bruce Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hagerty	5.98%	16.24%	4.81%
Seibels Bruce Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hagerty and Seibels Bruce Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hagerty	$1.46 billion	2.60	$49.02 million	$0.33	33.55
Seibels Bruce Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hagerty has higher revenue and earnings than Seibels Bruce Group.

Summary

Hagerty beats Seibels Bruce Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hagerty

Hagerty, Inc. provides insurance agency services worldwide. It offers motor vehicle and boat insurance products; and reinsurance products. The company provides Hagerty Media, which publishes contents through the Hagerty Drivers Club Magazine (HDC), video content, and social media channels; HDC that offers subscription based products and services, including HDC Magazine, automotive enthusiast events, proprietary vehicle valuation tools, emergency roadside services, and special vehicle-related discounts. In addition, it offers HVT, a valuation tool used by the customer to access current and historic pricing data of collector vehicle models. Further, the company offers Hagerty Garage + Social, a platform that provides clubhouses and car storage facilities. Hagerty, Inc. is headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan.

About Seibels Bruce Group

The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. provides processing, technology, and claims solutions to the property and casualty insurance industry. The company offers processing solutions for coastal markets; business process outsourcing; claims administration solutions; information technology outsourcing; and professional services. It also provides technology solutions, such as IPX enterprise insurance suite, CPX claims management system, FNOL first notice of loss, and reinspection processing xpert solutions; and claims solutions, including third party administration, catastrophe management, first notice of loss, multi-line adjusting and examination, reinspection, and subrogation/salvage services. The company was founded in 1869 and is based in Columbia, South Carolina.