UFCS vs. TIG, HTH, STC, SAFT, EIG, HCI, AMSF, PRA, UVE, and DGICA
Should you be buying United Fire Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Fire Group include Trean Insurance Group (TIG), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), and Donegal Group (DGICA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Trean Insurance Group (NASDAQ:TIG) and United Fire Group (NASDAQ:UFCS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
28.1% of Trean Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of United Fire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Trean Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of United Fire Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, United Fire Group had 3 more articles in the media than Trean Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for United Fire Group and 0 mentions for Trean Insurance Group. United Fire Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Trean Insurance Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Trean Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trean Insurance Group has a beta of -0.35, meaning that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Fire Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Fire Group has a net margin of -1.50% compared to United Fire Group's net margin of -21.75%. United Fire Group's return on equity of 2.04% beat Trean Insurance Group's return on equity.
Trean Insurance Group received 52 more outperform votes than United Fire Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.56% of users gave United Fire Group an outperform vote while only 50.94% of users gave Trean Insurance Group an outperform vote.
United Fire Group has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.64%. Given Trean Insurance Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Fire Group is more favorable than Trean Insurance Group.
United Fire Group has higher revenue and earnings than Trean Insurance Group. United Fire Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trean Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United Fire Group beats Trean Insurance Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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