Is It Too Late to Buy Protective Insurance (PTVCB) Stock?
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In the Q4 2020 Investor Letter, the fund highlighted a few stocks and Protective Insurance Corp (NASDAQ:PTVCB) is one of them. Protective Insurance Corp (NASDAQ:PTVCB) is a protection company. In the last three months, Protective Insurance Corp (NASDAQ:PTVCB) stock gained 55% and on April 8th it had a closing price of $23.01. Here is what the fund said:
"On February 16th, The Progressive Corporation announced the acquisition of Protective Insurance for a 63% premium to the 30-day average trading price. We owned Protective since the Fund’s inception and had been encouraged by gradual progress made on reducing the firm’s combined ratio, which in the fourth quarter finally broke below 100%, representing underwriting profitability. Industry conditions for commercial trucking insurers are very challenging because of nuclear jury awards. However, Protective and many of its peers have been aggressively raising premiums and stepping away from undesirable risks. The stock was at 0.6x tangible book value and had not responded positively to improving fundamentals or announcements indicating the possibility of strategic alternatives. We find it ironic that it took a takeover at a large premium for Protective’s stock to basically mimic what most other small caps have done anyway since the November election."
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Our calculations showed that Protective Insurance Corp (NASDAQ:PTVCB) isn't ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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