Both in Insurance

Selective Insurance Group vs Essent Group

Over the past year SIGI returned +38.7% and ESNT returned +14.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.47.

SIGI +38.7% ESNT +14.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSIGIESNT
Price$102.68$69.44
Market cap$6.12B$6.24B
Today+2.09%+2.56%
1 month+21.1%+12.2%
6 months+23.7%+13.1%
Year to date+22.7%+6.8%
1 year+38.7%+14.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)−2.5%+11.2%
Gross margin24.3%100.0%
Net margin9.5%68.5%
P/E (TTM)12.2×9.2×
Price / sales1.1×7.1×
Net cash-$886.1M$5.62B
Dividend yield1.68%2.02%
Volatility (60d)20.3%26.9%
Short % of float3.5%4.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).