Kingstone Companies (KINS) Competitors

Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) and Hippo (NYSE:HIPO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor KINS or HIPO?

In the previous week, Hippo had 11 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hippo and 3 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Hippo's score of 0.46 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kingstone Companies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hippo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KINS or HIPO?

Kingstone Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hippo. Hippo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingstone Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingstone Companies	$185.67M	1.06	$18.36M	$2.00	6.93
Hippo	$372.10M	2.27	-$40.50M	-$0.49	-68.89

Do analysts prefer KINS or HIPO?

Hippo has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. Given Hippo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hippo is more favorable than Kingstone Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingstone Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hippo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, KINS or HIPO?

Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hippo has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KINS or HIPO?

14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Hippo shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Hippo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KINS or HIPO more profitable?

Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Hippo's net margin of -2.52%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 33.21% beat Hippo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingstone Companies	14.84%	33.21%	6.72%
Hippo	-2.52%	-12.13%	-2.59%

Summary

Hippo beats Kingstone Companies on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.