KINS vs. HRTG, WDH, TIPT, ACIC, MCG, AII, KFS, AMBC, SLQT, and NODK
Should you be buying Kingstone Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingstone Companies include Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Waterdrop (WDH), Tiptree Financial (TIPT), American Coastal Insurance (ACIC), Membership Collective Group (MCG), American Integrity Insurance Group (AII), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), SelectQuote (SLQT), and NI (NODK). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Kingstone Companies vs. Its Competitors
Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.94%. Given Heritage Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Kingstone Companies.
Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Kingstone Companies. Heritage Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingstone Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Heritage Insurance's net margin of 12.71%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 33.36% beat Kingstone Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 6 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 2 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 0.60 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats Kingstone Companies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KINS) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff