Fundamental Global (FGNX) Competitors

Fundamental Global (NASDAQ:FGNX) and Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is FGNX or AAME more profitable?

Atlantic American has a net margin of 1.27% compared to Fundamental Global's net margin of 0.00%. Atlantic American's return on equity of 0.38% beat Fundamental Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fundamental Global	N/A	-29.69%	-14.29%
Atlantic American	1.27%	0.38%	0.10%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FGNX or AAME?

3.1% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Atlantic American shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.3% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 80.2% of Atlantic American shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FGNX or AAME?

In the previous week, Fundamental Global had 1 more articles in the media than Atlantic American. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fundamental Global and 1 mentions for Atlantic American. Atlantic American's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Fundamental Global's score of 0.29 indicating that Atlantic American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fundamental Global	Neutral
Atlantic American	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FGNX or AAME?

Fundamental Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlantic American.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fundamental Global	$17.35M	0.93	-$1.15M	N/A	N/A
Atlantic American	$188.23M	0.36	-$4.27M	$0.10	33.20

Which has more volatility and risk, FGNX or AAME?

Fundamental Global has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic American has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Atlantic American beats Fundamental Global on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.