Reviewing Aflac (NYSE:AFL) & Global Indemnity Group (NASDAQ:GBLI)

Global Indemnity Group (NASDAQ:GBLI) and Aflac (NYSE:AFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Global Indemnity Group and Aflac’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Indemnity Group	7.50%	5.56%	2.28%
Aflac	26.91%	13.27%	3.34%

Volatility and Risk

Global Indemnity Group has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aflac has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.4% of Global Indemnity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Aflac shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of Global Indemnity Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Aflac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Global Indemnity Group and Aflac, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Indemnity Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
Aflac	3	7	3	1	2.14

Aflac has a consensus target price of $116.62, suggesting a potential downside of 0.32%. Given Aflac’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aflac is more favorable than Global Indemnity Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Global Indemnity Group and Aflac”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Indemnity Group	$450.10 million	0.98	$25.33 million	$2.35	12.81
Aflac	$18.29 billion	3.21	$3.65 billion	$9.33	12.54

Aflac has higher revenue and earnings than Global Indemnity Group. Aflac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Indemnity Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Global Indemnity Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Aflac pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Global Indemnity Group pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aflac pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Global Indemnity Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Aflac has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years.

Summary

Aflac beats Global Indemnity Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global Indemnity Group

Global Indemnity Group, LLC, through its subsidiaries, provides specialty property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Penn-America and Non-Core Operations. The company distributes property and general liability products for small commercial businesses through a network of wholesale general agents; and property and general liability niche products through program administrators with specific binding authority. It also provides third-party treaty reinsurance for casualty insurance and reinsurance companies through brokers/intermediaries. In addition, the company offers property and general liability products distributed using company administered systems, and includes collectibles, digital direct-to-consumer insurance coverage for owners of collections; and VacantExpress, insurance coverage for owners of properties under construction, renovation, vacant, or rented, distributed through wholesale general agents and retail agents. Global Indemnity Group, LLC was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

About Aflac

Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. The company operates through Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. segments. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care, work leave, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan. The Aflac U.S. segment provides cancer, accident, short-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, long-term care and disability, and term and whole life insurance products in the United States. It sells its products through sales associates, brokers, independent corporate agencies, individual agencies, and affiliated corporate agencies. Aflac Incorporated was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.