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Is Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. (HG) Stock Outpacing Its Finance Peers This Year?

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The Finance group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Hamilton Insurance (HG - Free Report) one of those stocks right now? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Finance peers, we might be able to answer that question.

Hamilton Insurance is one of 865 individual stocks in the Finance sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #1 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

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. Hamilton Insurance is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for HG's full-year earnings has moved 6.3% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.

Based on the most recent data, HG has returned 35.3% so far this year. In comparison, Finance companies have returned an average of 11.2%. As we can see, Hamilton Insurance is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

Customers Bancorp (CUBI - Free Report) is another Finance stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has returned 31.4%.

In Customers Bancorp's case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 9.8% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

Looking more specifically, Hamilton Insurance belongs to the Insurance - Multi line industry, which includes 45 individual stocks and currently sits at #30 in the Zacks Industry Rank.

In contrast, Customers Bancorp falls under the Banks - Southeast industry. Currently, this industry has 56 stocks and is ranked #30.

Going forward, investors interested in Finance stocks should continue to pay close attention to Hamilton Insurance and Customers Bancorp as they could maintain their solid performance.


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