ITIC vs. STC, PRA, SAFT, EIG, UVE, AMSF, UFCS, DGICA, GBLI, and MBI
Should you be buying Investors Title stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Title include Stewart Information Services (STC), ProAssurance (PRA), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), Universal Insurance (UVE), AMERISAFE (AMSF), United Fire Group (UFCS), Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), and MBIA (MBI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Investors Title vs. Its Competitors
Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) and Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Stewart Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than Investors Title. Investors Title is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stewart Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of Investors Title shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Stewart Information Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Investors Title shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stewart Information Services currently has a consensus target price of $77.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.03%. Given Stewart Information Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than Investors Title.
Stewart Information Services has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investors Title has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Investors Title pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Stewart Information Services pays out 67.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investors Title pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stewart Information Services has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Stewart Information Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Stewart Information Services had 3 more articles in the media than Investors Title. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Stewart Information Services and 4 mentions for Investors Title. Investors Title's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 0.60 indicating that Investors Title is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investors Title has a net margin of 12.28% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 3.29%. Investors Title's return on equity of 12.70% beat Stewart Information Services' return on equity.
Summary
Stewart Information Services beats Investors Title on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ITIC) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
