ESGR vs. ROOT, RNR, WTM, THG, KMPR, AXS, MCY, SIGI, RLI, and FIHL
Should you be buying Enstar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enstar Group include Root (ROOT), RenaissanceRe (RNR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Kemper (KMPR), AXIS Capital (AXS), Mercury General (MCY), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), and Fidelis Insurance (FIHL). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) and Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Root has a consensus target price of $40.75, suggesting a potential downside of 36.33%. Given Root's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Root is more favorable than Enstar Group.
81.0% of Enstar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Enstar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Root shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to Root's net margin of -17.61%. Enstar Group's return on equity of 18.33% beat Root's return on equity.
Enstar Group received 221 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 25.88% of users gave Root an outperform vote.
Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enstar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Root is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enstar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enstar Group had 2 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enstar Group and 3 mentions for Root. Enstar Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Root's score of 0.44 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Enstar Group beats Root on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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