ITIC vs. STC, SAFT, EIG, PRA, AMSF, DGICA, UVE, UFCS, GBLI, and OB
Should you be buying Investors Title stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Title include Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), ProAssurance (PRA), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Donegal Group (DGICA), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), and Outbrain (OB). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Investors Title vs.
Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) and Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Investors Title has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stewart Information Services had 5 more articles in the media than Investors Title. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stewart Information Services and 0 mentions for Investors Title. Stewart Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Investors Title's score of -0.14 indicating that Stewart Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investors Title has a net margin of 12.03% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 2.94%. Investors Title's return on equity of 11.84% beat Stewart Information Services' return on equity.
41.4% of Investors Title shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Investors Title shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Stewart Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stewart Information Services has a consensus price target of $79.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.39%. Given Stewart Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than Investors Title.
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.
Investors Title pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Investors Title pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stewart Information Services pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stewart Information Services has increased 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.
Stewart Information Services received 54 more outperform votes than Investors Title when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.63% of users gave Investors Title an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Stewart Information Services beats Investors Title on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ITIC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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