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$5.51 +0.24 (+4.55%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$5.52 +0.00 (+0.09%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tiptree$2.04B0.40$13.95M$1.2018.03
James River Group$678.79M0.37-$107.68M-$3.09-1.78

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tiptree2.05% 11.50% 1.33%
James River Group -20.84%3.90%0.41%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tiptree
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
James River Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TiptreeOutperform Votes
182
66.67%
Underperform Votes
91
33.33%
James River GroupOutperform Votes
353
63.95%
Underperform Votes
199
36.05%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tiptree
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
James River Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

Tiptree beats James River Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JRVR vs. The Competition

MetricJames River GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$252.87M$47.10B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield0.75%2.22%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio-1.3612.0722.4219.70
Price / Sales0.376.2427.62121.79
Price / Cash1.1916.8117.6234.62
Price / Book0.392.372.774.50
Net Income-$107.68M$4.16B$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance14.32%-2.29%-1.34%-0.80%
1 Month Performance26.67%4.70%5.24%11.52%
1 Year Performance-28.16%22.72%538.04%8.99%

James River Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JRVR
James River Group
3.7911 of 5 stars
$5.51
+4.6%
$6.06
+10.0%
-29.4%$252.87M$678.79M-1.36640Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
TIPT
Tiptree
2.1555 of 5 stars
$22.22
+0.8%
N/A+21.3%$833.18M$2.04B22.911,470Positive News
Gap Up
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.8098 of 5 stars
$25.26
+3.2%
$29.00
+14.8%
+168.5%$782.88M$844.30M10.10650
HIPO
Hippo
1.974 of 5 stars
$22.52
-0.7%
$30.33
+34.7%
+25.7%$564.85M$397.30M-4.32620Gap Down
WDH
Waterdrop
2.5235 of 5 stars
$1.47
-4.5%
N/A-4.5%$544.14M$2.77B12.252,940News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
MCG
Membership Collective Group
N/A$6.76
+5.3%
N/A+18.5%$394.91M$972.21M-5.454,300
SLQT
SelectQuote
2.5688 of 5 stars
$2.26
-1.3%
$4.25
+88.1%
-24.3%$390.35M$1.49B-25.114,370Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
4.3129 of 5 stars
$7.99
-0.6%
$15.00
+87.7%
-55.6%$370.95M$249.02M-17.37130Gap Up
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.0003 of 5 stars
$10.40
+1.0%
N/A+39.5%$286.39M$114.52M0.00280Analyst Downgrade
NODK
NI
0.5934 of 5 stars
$13.14
+3.5%
N/A-16.3%$271.99M$322.14M-46.93210Positive News
KINS
Kingstone Companies
2.2144 of 5 stars
$16.88
-2.5%
$6.50
-61.5%
+222.3%$231.78M$169.88M12.9890Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:JRVR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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