BRP vs. CRD.A, HIIQ, EHTH, RYAN, EQH, ACT, BWIN, CRVL, HGTY, and GSHD
Should you be buying The Baldwin Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Baldwin Insurance Group include Crawford & Company (CRD.A), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), eHealth (EHTH), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Enact (ACT), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), CorVel (CRVL), Hagerty (HGTY), and Goosehead Insurance (GSHD).
The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BRP) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.A) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
The Baldwin Insurance Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Crawford & Company has higher revenue and earnings than The Baldwin Insurance Group. The Baldwin Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crawford & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crawford & Company has a net margin of 1.76% compared to The Baldwin Insurance Group's net margin of -4.29%. Crawford & Company's return on equity of 26.52% beat The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity.
70.4% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Crawford & Company received 114 more outperform votes than The Baldwin Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.62% of users gave Crawford & Company an outperform vote while only 60.53% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote.
The Baldwin Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The Baldwin Insurance Group is more favorable than Crawford & Company.
In the previous week, The Baldwin Insurance Group had 5 more articles in the media than Crawford & Company. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Crawford & Company. The Baldwin Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Crawford & Company's score of 0.00 indicating that The Baldwin Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Crawford & Company beats The Baldwin Insurance Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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