Kingstone Companies (KINS) 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.

Do analysts rate HRTG or KINS?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Kingstone Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, HRTG or KINS?

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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HRTG or KINS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Insurance	$816.98M	0.88	$61.54M	$3.47	6.68
Kingstone Companies	$155.14M	1.36	$18.36M	$2.00	7.45

Is HRTG or KINS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Insurance	12.71%	33.36%	4.46%
Kingstone Companies	14.84%	33.21%	6.72%

Does the media refer more to HRTG or KINS?

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.

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HRTG or KINS?

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.