AMSF vs. MAX, TIG, MCY, HTH, STC, SAFT, EIG, HCI, PRA, and UVE
Should you be buying AMERISAFE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMERISAFE include MediaAlpha (MAX), Trean Insurance Group (TIG), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), ProAssurance (PRA), and Universal Insurance (UVE).
MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) and AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
AMERISAFE received 189 more outperform votes than MediaAlpha when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.81% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave AMERISAFE an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AMERISAFE had 3 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AMERISAFE and 2 mentions for MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat AMERISAFE's score of 0.67 indicating that AMERISAFE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of AMERISAFE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AMERISAFE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMERISAFE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MediaAlpha presently has a consensus price target of $22.71, indicating a potential upside of 26.12%. AMERISAFE has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.01%. Given MediaAlpha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMERISAFE is more favorable than MediaAlpha.
AMERISAFE has a net margin of 19.97% compared to AMERISAFE's net margin of -7.76%. MediaAlpha's return on equity of 16.76% beat AMERISAFE's return on equity.
Summary
AMERISAFE beats MediaAlpha on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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