Atlantic American (AAME) Competitors

Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) and Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor KINS or AAME?

In the previous week, Kingstone Companies and Kingstone Companies both had 3 articles in the media. Atlantic American's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Kingstone Companies' score of 0.62 indicating that Atlantic American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kingstone Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlantic American	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KINS or AAME?

Kingstone Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlantic American. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic American, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingstone Companies	$155.14M	1.37	$18.36M	$2.00	7.49
Atlantic American	$188.23M	0.32	-$4.27M	$0.10	29.30

Which has more risk & volatility, KINS or AAME?

Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic American has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KINS or AAME?

14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Atlantic American shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 80.2% of Atlantic American shares are held by 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.

Is KINS or AAME more profitable?

Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Atlantic American's net margin of 1.27%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 33.21% beat Atlantic American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingstone Companies	14.84%	33.21%	6.72%
Atlantic American	1.27%	0.38%	0.10%

Do analysts rate KINS or AAME?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingstone Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Atlantic American	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is KINS or AAME a better dividend stock?

Kingstone Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Atlantic American pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kingstone Companies pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic American pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kingstone Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Kingstone Companies beats Atlantic American on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.