JRVR vs. TIPT, HRTG, HIPO, WDH, MCG, SLQT, AMBC, KFS, NODK, and KINS
Should you be buying James River Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James River Group include Tiptree (TIPT), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Hippo (HIPO), Waterdrop (WDH), Membership Collective Group (MCG), SelectQuote (SLQT), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), NI (NODK), and Kingstone Companies (KINS). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
James River Group vs.
Tiptree (NASDAQ:TIPT) and James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Tiptree has higher revenue and earnings than James River Group. James River Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tiptree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.8% of Tiptree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of James River Group shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of Tiptree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of James River Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tiptree has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James River Group has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tiptree has a net margin of 2.05% compared to James River Group's net margin of -20.84%. Tiptree's return on equity of 11.50% beat James River Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, James River Group had 6 more articles in the media than Tiptree. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for James River Group and 2 mentions for Tiptree. James River Group's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Tiptree's score of 0.83 indicating that James River Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
James River Group received 171 more outperform votes than Tiptree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave James River Group an outperform vote.
Tiptree pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. James River Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tiptree pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. James River Group pays out -1.3% 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. Tiptree has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Tiptree is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
James River Group has a consensus target price of $6.06, indicating a potential upside of 10.03%. Given James River Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe James River Group is more favorable than Tiptree.
Summary
Tiptree beats James River Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JRVR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff