Arch Capital Group (ACGL) Competitors

NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts recommend NMIH or ACGL?

NMI presently has a consensus target price of $42.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.99%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus target price of $111.27, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than NMI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NMI	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Arch Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NMIH or ACGL?

Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than NMI. NMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch Capital Group, 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
NMI	$650.97M	4.67	$360.11M	$4.71	8.32
Arch Capital Group	$17.44B	1.95	$4.31B	$9.69	9.42

Which has more volatility and risk, NMIH or ACGL?

NMI has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NMIH or ACGL more profitable?

NMI has a net margin of 55.57% compared to Arch Capital Group's net margin of 19.49%. NMI's return on equity of 16.51% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NMI	55.57%	16.51%	11.02%
Arch Capital Group	19.49%	15.33%	4.33%

Does the media refer more to NMIH or ACGL?

In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 21 more articles in the media than NMI. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 6 mentions for NMI. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat NMI's score of 0.98 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NMI	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arch Capital Group	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NMIH or ACGL?

94.1% of NMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of NMI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats NMI on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.