ICCH vs. KINS, FGF, OXBR, CNFR, UNAM, BRK.A, BRK.B, PGR, CB, and AIG
Should you be buying ICC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICC include Kingstone Companies (KINS), Fundamental Global (FGF), Oxbridge Re (OXBR), Conifer (CNFR), Unico American (UNAM), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), and American International Group (AIG). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
ICC (NASDAQ:ICCH) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
46.5% of ICC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of ICC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ICC had 5 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ICC and 2 mentions for Kingstone Companies. ICC's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Kingstone Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that ICC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ICC has a net margin of 5.91% compared to Kingstone Companies' net margin of 0.22%. ICC's return on equity of 7.91% beat Kingstone Companies' return on equity.
ICC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingstone Companies received 60 more outperform votes than ICC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave ICC an outperform vote.
ICC has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kingstone Companies has a consensus target price of $1.75, suggesting a potential downside of 63.92%. Given Kingstone Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than ICC.
Summary
ICC beats Kingstone Companies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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