HRTG vs. NODK, JRVR, KFS, MHLD, GLRE, GBLI, DGICA, HIPO, UFCS, and UVE
Should you be buying Heritage Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Insurance include NI (NODK), James River Group (JRVR), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), Maiden (MHLD), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Donegal Group (DGICA), Hippo (HIPO), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and NI (NASDAQ:NODK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 9 more articles in the media than NI. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 2 mentions for NI. NI's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Heritage Insurance's score of -0.22 indicating that NI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than NI. NI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Insurance received 217 more outperform votes than NI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave NI an outperform vote.
Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 6.07% compared to NI's net margin of -1.50%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 25.96% beat NI's return on equity.
Heritage Insurance currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Given Heritage Insurance's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than NI.
Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NI has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of NI shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats NI on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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