MHLD vs. KINS, GLRE, HRTG, KFS, NODK, JRVR, GBLI, DGICA, HIPO, and UVE
Should you be buying Maiden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maiden include Kingstone Companies (KINS), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), NI (NODK), James River Group (JRVR), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Donegal Group (DGICA), Hippo (HIPO), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Maiden received 81 more outperform votes than Kingstone Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
Kingstone Companies has a net margin of -4.28% compared to Maiden's net margin of -26.14%. Maiden's return on equity of -7.79% beat Kingstone Companies' return on equity.
Maiden has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kingstone Companies has a consensus target price of $1.75, indicating a potential downside of 61.79%. Given Kingstone Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Maiden.
In the previous week, Maiden had 3 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Maiden and 4 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Maiden's score of 0.12 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.8% of Maiden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Maiden shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kingstone Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Maiden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingstone Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Maiden and Kingstone Companies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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