MHLD vs. HRTG, PTVCA, UIHC, KINS, GLRE, RGA, RNR, ESGR, AMSF, and BOW
Should you be buying Maiden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maiden include Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Protective Insurance (PTVCA), United Insurance (UIHC), Kingstone Companies (KINS), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Enstar Group (ESGR), AMERISAFE (AMSF), and Bowhead Specialty (BOW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Maiden shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Maiden shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Maiden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.02%. Given Maiden's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Maiden.
In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 2 more articles in the media than Maiden. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 0 mentions for Maiden. Maiden's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Heritage Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Insurance received 38 more outperform votes than Maiden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.73% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Heritage Insurance's net margin of -26.14%. Maiden's return on equity of 24.02% beat Heritage Insurance's return on equity.
Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats Maiden on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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