AAME vs. NSEC, GWGH, CIA, VERY, IHC, MET, MFC, PRU, SLF, and PUK
Should you be buying Atlantic American stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantic American include The National Security Group (NSEC), GWG (GWGH), Citizens (CIA), Vericity (VERY), Independence (IHC), MetLife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), and Prudential (PUK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The National Security Group (NASDAQ:NSEC) and Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Atlantic American received 49 more outperform votes than The National Security Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.69% of users gave The National Security Group an outperform vote while only 43.31% of users gave Atlantic American an outperform vote.
The National Security Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlantic American. Atlantic American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The National Security Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The National Security Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Atlantic American pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. The National Security Group pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atlantic American pays out -40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
The National Security Group has a net margin of 1.24% compared to The National Security Group's net margin of -0.39%. Atlantic American's return on equity of 1.92% beat The National Security Group's return on equity.
2.1% of The National Security Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Atlantic American shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.6% of The National Security Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 80.1% of Atlantic American shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The National Security Group has a beta of -0.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic American has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The National Security Group had 6 more articles in the media than Atlantic American. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for The National Security Group and 6 mentions for Atlantic American. The National Security Group's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Atlantic American's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlantic American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The National Security Group beats Atlantic American on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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