AMSF vs. MAX, TIG, MCY, HTH, STC, SAFT, EIG, HCI, PRA, and UFCS
Should you be buying AMERISAFE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMERISAFE include MediaAlpha (MAX), Trean Insurance Group (TIG), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), ProAssurance (PRA), and United Fire Group (UFCS).
AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) and MediaAlpha (NYSE:MAX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
AMERISAFE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MediaAlpha. MediaAlpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMERISAFE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AMERISAFE received 189 more outperform votes than MediaAlpha when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.81% of users gave MediaAlpha an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave AMERISAFE an outperform vote.
AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaAlpha has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AMERISAFE currently has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.86%. MediaAlpha has a consensus target price of $22.71, suggesting a potential upside of 18.99%. Given AMERISAFE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AMERISAFE is more favorable than MediaAlpha.
AMERISAFE has a net margin of 19.97% compared to MediaAlpha's net margin of -7.76%. AMERISAFE's return on equity of 16.76% beat MediaAlpha's return on equity.
In the previous week, AMERISAFE had 1 more articles in the media than MediaAlpha. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AMERISAFE and 4 mentions for MediaAlpha. AMERISAFE's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat MediaAlpha's score of 0.84 indicating that AMERISAFE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MediaAlpha shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of AMERISAFE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of MediaAlpha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AMERISAFE beats MediaAlpha on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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