JRVR vs. NODK, HRTG, GLRE, GBLI, KFS, DGICA, MHLD, HIPO, UFCS, and UVE
Should you be buying James River Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James River Group include NI (NODK), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), Donegal Group (DGICA), Maiden (MHLD), Hippo (HIPO), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) and NI (NASDAQ:NODK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
NI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than James River Group. NI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James River Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.2% of James River Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of NI shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of James River Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NI has a net margin of -1.50% compared to James River Group's net margin of -10.80%. James River Group's return on equity of 13.75% beat NI's return on equity.
James River Group received 262 more outperform votes than NI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave James River Group an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave NI an outperform vote.
In the previous week, James River Group and James River Group both had 1 articles in the media. James River Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat NI's score of 0.34 indicating that James River Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
James River Group presently has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 32.90%. Given James River Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe James River Group is more favorable than NI.
James River Group has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NI has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
James River Group beats NI on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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