MBI vs. AMBC, MIY, HIVE, SAR, NODK, MHN, BETR, BWB, PSTL, and PMO
Should you be buying MBIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MBIA include Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Saratoga Investment (SAR), NI (NODK), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Better Home & Finance (BETR), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) and MBIA (NYSE:MBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of MBIA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Ambac Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MBIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MBIA has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than MBIA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 4 mentions for MBIA. MBIA's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Ambac Financial Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Ambac Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ambac Financial Group has a net margin of 1.48% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of -425.26%. MBIA's return on equity of 6.99% beat Ambac Financial Group's return on equity.
Ambac Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ambac Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ambac Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. MBIA has a consensus price target of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.40%. Given MBIA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than MBIA.
MBIA received 349 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 5.00% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Ambac Financial Group beats MBIA on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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