The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP) Competitors

Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BRP) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Is AS or BRP more profitable?

Amer Sports has a net margin of -0.74% compared to The Baldwin Insurance Group's net margin of -4.29%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 9.21% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amer Sports	-0.74%	3.15%	1.12%
The Baldwin Insurance Group	-4.29%	9.21%	2.82%

Does the media prefer AS or BRP?

In the previous week, Amer Sports had 16 more articles in the media than The Baldwin Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Amer Sports and 0 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat The Baldwin Insurance Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amer Sports	Positive
The Baldwin Insurance Group	Neutral

Do analysts rate AS or BRP?

Amer Sports presently has a consensus price target of $31.45, suggesting a potential upside of 27.68%. The Baldwin Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.10%. Given Amer Sports' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Amer Sports is more favorable than The Baldwin Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amer Sports	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
The Baldwin Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AS or BRP?

Amer Sports received 17 more outperform votes than The Baldwin Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.47% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 60.53% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amer Sports	Outperform Votes 40 75.47%	Underperform Votes 13 24.53%
The Baldwin Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 23 60.53%	Underperform Votes 15 39.47%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AS or BRP?

40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AS or BRP?

The Baldwin Insurance Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amer Sports. The Baldwin Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amer Sports, 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
Amer Sports	$5.18B	2.63	-$208.60M	$0.14	175.96
The Baldwin Insurance Group	$1.27B	3.86	-$90.14M	-$0.92	-45.24

Which has more risk & volatility, AS or BRP?

Amer Sports has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its stock price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baldwin Insurance Group has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amer Sports beats The Baldwin Insurance Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.