CNFR vs. FGF, OXBR, UNAM, KINS, TIPT, BRK.A, BRK.B, PGR, CB, and AIG
Should you be buying Conifer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conifer include Fundamental Global (FGF), Oxbridge Re (OXBR), Unico American (UNAM), Kingstone Companies (KINS), Tiptree (TIPT), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), and American International Group (AIG). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Conifer (NASDAQ:CNFR) and Fundamental Global (NASDAQ:FGF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Conifer received 192 more outperform votes than Fundamental Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Conifer an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Fundamental Global an outperform vote.
Fundamental Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conifer. Fundamental Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conifer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fundamental Global has a net margin of -6.73% compared to Conifer's net margin of -27.43%. Fundamental Global's return on equity of -7.08% beat Conifer's return on equity.
In the previous week, Conifer and Conifer both had 3 articles in the media. Conifer's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Fundamental Global's score of 0.96 indicating that Conifer is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.9% of Conifer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.4% of Conifer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.7% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Conifer has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fundamental Global has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Conifer presently has a consensus target price of $0.61, indicating a potential downside of 34.84%. Given Conifer's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Conifer is more favorable than Fundamental Global.
Summary
Conifer beats Fundamental Global on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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