AUR vs. HGTY, G, DNA, KIND, EPAM, FRSH, BLKB, SLAB, AEIS, and CLVT
Should you be buying Aurora Innovation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurora Innovation include Hagerty (HGTY), Genpact (G), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), Nextdoor (KIND), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Freshworks (FRSH), Blackbaud (BLKB), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), and Clarivate (CLVT).
Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Aurora Innovation had 1 more articles in the media than Hagerty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aurora Innovation and 3 mentions for Hagerty. Hagerty's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Aurora Innovation's score of -0.67 indicating that Aurora Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.5% of Hagerty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Hagerty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hagerty has a net margin of 1.82% compared to Hagerty's net margin of 0.00%. Aurora Innovation's return on equity of 6.35% beat Hagerty's return on equity.
Hagerty has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hagerty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hagerty currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. Aurora Innovation has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 49.40%. Given Hagerty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Hagerty.
Aurora Innovation received 6 more outperform votes than Hagerty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 33.33% of users gave Aurora Innovation an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hagerty an outperform vote.
Hagerty has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aurora Innovation beats Hagerty on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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