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CLOV vs. ESNT, ACT, FG, BWIN, HGTY, OSCR, PLMR, GSHD, NMIH, and CS

Should you be buying Clover Health Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clover Health Investments include Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), Hagerty (HGTY), Oscar Health (OSCR), Palomar (PLMR), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), NMI (NMIH), and Credit Suisse Group (CS). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Clover Health Investments vs. Its Competitors

Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) and Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) are both insurance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

93.0% of Essent Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Essent Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Essent Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clover Health Investments. Clover Health Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essent Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Essent Group$1.24B4.98$729.40M$6.859.18
Clover Health Investments$1.37B0.95-$43.01M-$0.08-32.13

Essent Group currently has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.29%. Clover Health Investments has a consensus target price of $4.37, suggesting a potential upside of 69.91%. Given Clover Health Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Essent Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Essent Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Clover Health Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Essent Group had 21 more articles in the media than Clover Health Investments. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Essent Group and 10 mentions for Clover Health Investments. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Clover Health Investments' score of 0.45 indicating that Essent Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Essent Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Clover Health Investments
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Essent Group has a net margin of 56.36% compared to Clover Health Investments' net margin of -2.68%. Essent Group's return on equity of 12.66% beat Clover Health Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Essent Group56.36% 12.66% 9.98%
Clover Health Investments -2.68%-12.20%-6.95%

Essent Group has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Health Investments has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Essent Group beats Clover Health Investments on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLOV vs. The Competition

MetricClover Health InvestmentsMEDICAL INFO SYS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$2.02B$5.61B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A4.61%4.07%
P/E Ratio-32.1332.0030.2925.74
Price / Sales0.959.82469.53115.79
Price / CashN/A51.7138.2159.48
Price / Book3.785.778.846.15
Net Income-$43.01M-$62.35M$3.25B$265.06M
7 Day Performance17.89%3.23%3.74%2.60%
1 Month Performance-13.76%-0.54%5.88%2.83%
1 Year Performance-3.38%21.06%30.27%25.58%

Clover Health Investments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.5391 of 5 stars
$2.57
-1.9%
$4.37
+69.9%
+2.4%$1.33B$1.37B-32.13680
ESNT
Essent Group
4.3763 of 5 stars
$56.89
+0.7%
$63.71
+12.0%
+6.1%$5.77B$1.24B8.33350Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ACT
Enact
N/A$35.36
+0.7%
$35.00
-1.0%
+15.0%$5.31B$1.20B8.05500
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.5087 of 5 stars
$31.70
+1.0%
$43.33
+36.7%
-8.9%$4.27B$4.76B8.411,338Analyst Upgrade
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.8966 of 5 stars
$36.01
+2.0%
$45.17
+25.4%
-18.9%$4.27B$1.39B-69.254,116Positive News
HGTY
Hagerty
1.8706 of 5 stars
$10.74
+7.2%
$10.50
-2.2%
+5.6%$3.67B$1.25B53.711,744Insider Trade
OSCR
Oscar Health
1.9109 of 5 stars
$13.85
+2.0%
$12.21
-11.8%
-19.3%$3.53B$10.08B49.462,400Analyst Forecast
PLMR
Palomar
4.3143 of 5 stars
$131.53
+1.5%
$174.17
+32.4%
+33.5%$3.52B$609.96M26.25150Short Interest ↓
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
4.4159 of 5 stars
$88.65
+3.4%
$109.50
+23.5%
+2.3%$3.33B$341.57M78.451,580Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NMIH
NMI
2.5866 of 5 stars
$37.60
+1.1%
$42.33
+12.6%
+6.4%$2.92B$679.62M7.98234
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
flat
N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480

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This page (NASDAQ:CLOV) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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