Palomar vs Slide Insurance
PLMR and SLDE side by side, both in fire, marine, and casualty insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PLMR and SLDE compare
Palomar is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Slide Insurance ($4.2B against $3.0B).
On earnings, Slide Insurance is cheaper: it trades at 7.7× trailing earnings, against 19.9× for Palomar.
Palomar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (58.4% versus 36.5% for Slide Insurance).
Slide Insurance keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 38.4% compared with 17.6% at Palomar.
Both pay dividends: Palomar yields 0.28% and Slide Insurance 0.27%.
Palomar scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 7 for Slide Insurance), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PLMR | SLDE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.2B | $3.0B |
| Share price | $159.20 | $25.77 |
| Change, 1 year | 20.2% | 54.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 90.3% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.67 | 0.42 |
| Employees | 439 | 504 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.9× | 7.7× (better) |
| P/S | 3.4× | 2.6× (better) |
| P/B | 4.3× | 2.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 3.9× |
| P/FCF | 9.3× | 3.8× (better) |
| PEG | 0.38 | – |
| FCF yield | 10.8% | 26.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $123.30 | $26.72 |
| Margin of safety | −29.1% | 3.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 58.4% (better) | 36.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 39.1% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 23.4% | 121% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 24.7% | 102% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 97.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 17.6% | 38.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 36.6% | 68.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 23.3% | 39.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 1.25 | 1.69 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.28% (better) | 0.27% |
| Buyback yield | 1.7% (better) | 1.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% (better) | 1.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.6% | 48.8% |
| Held by insiders | 2.6% | 49.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$21.6M (better) | −$130M |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.4% | 12.0% |
Go deeper
- PLMR stock overview
- PLMR income statement
- PLMR valuation and score
- SLDE stock overview
- SLDE income statement
- SLDE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.