Sabre Insurance Group (OTC:SBIGY) and SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) Critical Survey

Sabre Insurance Group (OTC:SBIGY) and SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

34.6% of SelectQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of SelectQuote shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sabre Insurance Group and SelectQuote’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sabre Insurance Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SelectQuote	$1.00 billion	0.27	-$58.54 million	($0.31)	-5.19

Sabre Insurance Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SelectQuote.

Profitability

This table compares Sabre Insurance Group and SelectQuote’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabre Insurance Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
SelectQuote	-4.33%	-11.44%	-3.24%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Sabre Insurance Group and SelectQuote, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabre Insurance Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
SelectQuote	0	1	1	0	2.50

SelectQuote has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.45%. Given SelectQuote’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SelectQuote is more favorable than Sabre Insurance Group.

Summary

SelectQuote beats Sabre Insurance Group on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sabre Insurance Group

Sabre Insurance Group plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the writing of general insurance for motor vehicles in the United Kingdom. It offers taxi, private car, and motorcycle insurance through a network of insurance brokers, as well as through its Go Girl and Insure 2 Drive brands. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Dorking, the United Kingdom.

About SelectQuote

SelectQuote, Inc. operates a technology-enabled, direct-to-consumer distribution platform that sells a range of insurance products and healthcare services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Senior; Life; and Auto & Home. It distributes senior health policies, such as medicare advantage, medicare supplement, medicare part D, and other ancillary senior health insurance related products, including prescription drugs, dental, vision, and hearing plans; life insurance products, such as term life, final expense, and other ancillary products, including critical illness, accidental death, and juvenile insurance; homeowners, auto, dwelling fire, and other ancillary insurance products; and non-commercial auto and home property, and casualty policies. The company also provides SelectRx, an accredited patient-centered pharmacy home pharmacy, which offers essential prescription medications, OTC medications, customized medication packaging, medication therapy management, and long-term pharmacy care; and population health that helps members understand the benefits available under their health plans, and contracts with insurance carriers. SelectQuote, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.