KFS vs. MHLD, HRTG, NODK, JRVR, GLRE, GBLI, DGICA, HIPO, UFCS, and UVE
Should you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Maiden (MHLD), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), NI (NODK), James River Group (JRVR), 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.
Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) and Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Kingsway Financial Services has a net margin of 22.75% compared to Maiden's net margin of -43.22%. Maiden's return on equity of -8.75% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.
Kingsway Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden.
Maiden received 143 more outperform votes than Kingsway Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.24% of users gave Kingsway Financial Services an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Maiden shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Maiden shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kingsway Financial Services and Kingsway Financial Services both had 1 articles in the media. Maiden's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Kingsway Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Maiden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kingsway Financial Services and Maiden tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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