ESNT vs. ORI, MTG, RDN, AGO, NMIH, AMBC, MBI, IRM, KB, and STT
Should you be buying Essent Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essent Group include Old Republic International (ORI), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), MBIA (MBI), Iron Mountain (IRM), KB Financial Group (KB), and State Street (STT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) and Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Essent Group has a net margin of 61.40% compared to Old Republic International's net margin of 9.52%. Essent Group's return on equity of 14.24% beat Old Republic International's return on equity.
Essent Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Republic International has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Essent Group had 3 more articles in the media than Old Republic International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Essent Group and 3 mentions for Old Republic International. Old Republic International's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Essent Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.0% of Essent Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Old Republic International shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Essent Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Old Republic International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Essent Group received 193 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote.
Essent Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Old Republic International. Essent Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Republic International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Essent Group presently has a consensus price target of $59.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.90%. Old Republic International has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. Given Old Republic International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Old Republic International is more favorable than Essent Group.
Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Old Republic International pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Essent Group pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Republic International pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Essent Group beats Old Republic International on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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