Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, property and casualty insurer Safety Insurance Group (Nasdaq: SAFT) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Safety's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Safety facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Boston (1979)
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Market Cap
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$471.41 million
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Industry
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Property and Casualty Insurance
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$623.74 million
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Management
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President/CEO David Brussard (since 2001)
CFO William Begley, Jr. (since 1999)
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Return on Equity (average, last three years)
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16.0%
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Dividend Yield
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5.3%
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Competitors
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Chubb (NYSE: CB)
Travelers (NYSE: TRV)
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CAPS Members Bullish on SAFT Also Bullish on
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Cemex (NYSE: CX)
Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX)
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CAPS Members Bearish on SAFT Also Bearish on
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Citigroup (NYSE: C)
Ford Motor (NYSE: F)
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Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, fully 480 of the 493 members who have rated Safety -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star saunafool, who is ranked in the top 2% of our community, and goalie37.
Late last year, saunafool tapped Safety as one of the safer ways to insure a portfolio:
Small regional insurance company with no debt, high dividends, and limited risk. Let the big boys get buried by their complex financial dealings. I'll take the small, regional, old-fashioned, boring insurance companies in this environment.
In a pitch from this month, goalie37 also urged Fools to think Safety first:
Financials in this company have deteriorated, as they have with most companies. What attracts me is the simplicity of their balance sheet. $1 billion of their $1.4 billion was invested in AAA/Aaa bonds. $775 million of their $834 million in liabilities was from insurance policies. No nonsense business that is depressed in earnings (temporarily) and stock price (also temporarily). With a very low P/E and a very high, secure dividend, this would be a place I would feel confident in investing my money.
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