NATL vs. VRTS, HG, ROIC, GAB, CLBK, TY, BANR, HMN, LOB, and RVT
Should you be buying National Interstate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Interstate include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Tri-Continental (TY), Banner (BANR), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), and Royce Value Trust (RVT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Interstate (NASDAQ:NATL) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Virtus Investment Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Interstate.
In the previous week, National Interstate had 2 more articles in the media than Virtus Investment Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Interstate and 5 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners. Virtus Investment Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat National Interstate's score of 0.00 indicating that Virtus Investment Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Interstate presently has a consensus price target of $34.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.64%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus price target of $246.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Given National Interstate's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe National Interstate is more favorable than Virtus Investment Partners.
88.7% of National Interstate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of National Interstate shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Virtus Investment Partners has a net margin of 14.02% compared to National Interstate's net margin of -4.09%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 19.61% beat National Interstate's return on equity.
Virtus Investment Partners received 199 more outperform votes than National Interstate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.21% of users gave National Interstate an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats National Interstate on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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