Greenlight Capital Re (NASDAQ:GLRE) vs. Seibels Bruce Group (OTCMKTS:SBBG) Critical Analysis

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

Risk and Volatility

Greenlight Capital Re has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seibels Bruce Group has a beta of 5.63, suggesting that its share price is 463% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Greenlight Capital Re and Seibels Bruce Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenlight Capital Re	$729.78 million	0.81	$74.83 million	$2.18	7.93
Seibels Bruce Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Greenlight Capital Re has higher revenue and earnings than Seibels Bruce Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenlight Capital Re	10.25%	11.10%	3.46%
Seibels Bruce Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Greenlight Capital Re and Seibels Bruce Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenlight Capital Re	0	0	1	0	3.00
Seibels Bruce Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.5% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of Greenlight Capital Re shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.4% of Seibels Bruce Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Greenlight Capital Re beats Seibels Bruce Group on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.