KINS vs. MHLD, ICCH, FGF, OXBR, CNFR, UNAM, UIHC, TIPT, BRK.A, and BRK.B
Should you be buying Kingstone Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingstone Companies include Maiden (MHLD), ICC (ICCH), Fundamental Global (FGF), Oxbridge Re (OXBR), Conifer (CNFR), Unico American (UNAM), United Insurance (UIHC), Tiptree (TIPT), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) and Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Kingstone Companies currently has a consensus target price of $1.75, suggesting a potential downside of 63.54%. Given Kingstone Companies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Maiden.
Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 0.22% compared to Maiden's net margin of -26.14%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of -3.04% beat Maiden's return on equity.
Maiden received 80 more outperform votes than Kingstone Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.84% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
Kingstone Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maiden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Maiden shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Maiden shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kingstone Companies had 12 more articles in the media than Maiden. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kingstone Companies and 3 mentions for Maiden. Maiden's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Kingstone Companies' score of -0.23 indicating that Maiden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kingstone Companies beats Maiden on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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