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$17.66 +0.66 (+3.88%)
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KINS vs. TIPT, HRTG, HIPO, SLQT, WDH, TWFG, AMBC, MCG, NODK, and GOCO

Should you be buying Kingstone Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingstone Companies include Tiptree (TIPT), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Hippo (HIPO), SelectQuote (SLQT), Waterdrop (WDH), TWFG (TWFG), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Membership Collective Group (MCG), NI (NODK), and GoHealth (GOCO). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kingstone Companies vs.

Tiptree (NASDAQ:TIPT) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Tiptree's net margin of 2.05%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 32.55% beat Tiptree's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tiptree2.05% 11.50% 1.33%
Kingstone Companies 10.60%32.55%4.27%

Tiptree has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tiptree has higher revenue and earnings than Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies 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$2.04B0.38$13.95M$1.2017.24
Kingstone Companies$155.14M1.56-$6.17M$1.4412.26

Kingstone Companies has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential downside of 63.19%. Given Kingstone Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kingstone Companies 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
Kingstone Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

37.8% of Tiptree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Tiptree shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kingstone Companies received 10 more outperform votes than Tiptree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.91% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 65.75% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TiptreeOutperform Votes
182
66.91%
Underperform Votes
90
33.09%
Kingstone CompaniesOutperform Votes
192
65.75%
Underperform Votes
100
34.25%

In the previous week, Tiptree had 9 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Tiptree and 3 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Tiptree's score of 0.53 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tiptree
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kingstone Companies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tiptree pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kingstone Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Tiptree pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kingstone Companies pays out 11.1% 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.

Summary

Kingstone Companies beats Tiptree on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KINS vs. The Competition

MetricKingstone CompaniesFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$242.49M$48.77B$11.11B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.33%5.77%4.22%
P/E Ratio13.5811.3622.1018.54
Price / Sales1.566.3226.31103.30
Price / CashN/A16.8117.6034.62
Price / Book5.502.262.674.25
Net Income-$6.17M$4.16B$1.03B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-4.44%1.01%0.72%1.03%
1 Month Performance-0.90%-0.68%-0.58%2.70%
1 Year Performance311.66%20.72%537.58%4.05%

Kingstone Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KINS
Kingstone Companies
2.0343 of 5 stars
$17.66
+3.9%
$6.50
-63.2%
+310.7%$242.49M$155.14M13.5890
TIPT
Tiptree
1.6147 of 5 stars
$22.16
-0.1%
N/A+28.3%$825.66M$2.04B22.851,470Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
3.7594 of 5 stars
$18.88
+0.4%
$12.50
-33.8%
+82.8%$808.82M$816.99M7.55650Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
HIPO
Hippo
1.8436 of 5 stars
$24.27
+0.2%
$30.33
+25.0%
+5.5%$608.74M$372.10M-4.66620Upcoming Earnings
SLQT
SelectQuote
3.4021 of 5 stars
$3.38
+2.7%
$4.25
+25.7%
+59.3%$581.85M$1.46B-37.564,370Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WDH
Waterdrop
2.9427 of 5 stars
$1.31
+1.9%
N/A+15.1%$483.06M$2.77B10.882,940Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
TWFG
TWFG
0.6167 of 5 stars
$31.00
-0.9%
$33.00
+6.5%
N/A$462.02M$193.72M0.00N/APositive News
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
3.907 of 5 stars
$8.05
+0.8%
$17.00
+111.2%
-46.0%$411.28M$235.82M-17.50130Short Interest ↑
MCG
Membership Collective Group
N/A$5.90
+3.1%
N/A+14.0%$344.67M$972.21M-4.764,300
NODK
NI
0.7809 of 5 stars
$12.65
flat
N/A-15.1%$261.84M$325.20M-45.18210Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GOCO
GoHealth
2.6843 of 5 stars
$10.49
+2.1%
$13.00
+23.9%
-14.2%$241.36M$798.89M-3.005,450Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:KINS) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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