Conifer (CNFR) Competitors

Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME) and Conifer (NASDAQ:CNFR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is AAME or CNFR more profitable?

Conifer has a net margin of 34.76% compared to Atlantic American's net margin of -3.72%. Atlantic American's return on equity of -8.17% beat Conifer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic American	-3.72%	-8.17%	-2.24%
Conifer	34.76%	-335.82%	-9.84%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AAME or CNFR?

Atlantic American has higher revenue and earnings than Conifer. Atlantic American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conifer, 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
Atlantic American	$191.36M	0.20	-$170K	-$0.09	-20.33
Conifer	$59.15M	0.16	-$25.90M	$1.96	0.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAME or CNFR?

Conifer received 43 more outperform votes than Atlantic American when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Conifer an outperform vote while only 38.90% of users gave Atlantic American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic American	Outperform Votes 149 38.90%	Underperform Votes 234 61.10%
Conifer	Outperform Votes 192 57.83%	Underperform Votes 140 42.17%

Which has more risk and volatility, AAME or CNFR?

Atlantic American has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conifer has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AAME or CNFR?

5.5% of Atlantic American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Conifer shares are held by institutional investors. 80.1% of Atlantic American shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.9% of Conifer 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.

Does the media prefer AAME or CNFR?

In the previous week, Atlantic American and Atlantic American both had 2 articles in the media. Atlantic American's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Conifer's score of 0.93 indicating that Atlantic American is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic American	Positive
Conifer	Positive

Summary

Atlantic American and Conifer tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.