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Is Palomar Holdings (PLMR) Stock Outpacing Its Finance Peers This Year?

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Investors interested in Finance stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Palomar (PLMR - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Finance sector should help us answer this question.

Palomar is a member of the Finance sector. This group includes 859 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #4. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Palomar is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for PLMR's full-year earnings has moved 14% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.

Based on the latest available data, PLMR has gained about 23.1% so far this year. In comparison, Finance companies have returned an average of -8.5%. This shows that Palomar is outperforming its peers so far this year.

Another Finance stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is Deutsche Bank (DB - Free Report) . The stock has returned 14.4% year-to-date.

For Deutsche Bank, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 2% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Breaking things down more, Palomar is a member of the Insurance - Property and Casualty industry, which includes 43 individual companies and currently sits at #45 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 6% so far this year, so PLMR is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.

Deutsche Bank, however, belongs to the Banks - Foreign industry. Currently, this 66-stock industry is ranked #20. The industry has moved -1.4% so far this year.

Investors with an interest in Finance stocks should continue to track Palomar and Deutsche Bank. These stocks will be looking to continue their solid performance.

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