Kingstone Companies (KINS) Competitors $13.77 -0.20 (-1.43%) Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.69 -0.08 (-0.58%) As of 09/12/2025 05:42 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KINS vs. HRTG, WDH, ACIC, MCG, AMBC, KFS, AII, SLQT, NODK, and JRVRShould you be buying Kingstone Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingstone Companies include Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Waterdrop (WDH), American Coastal Insurance (ACIC), Membership Collective Group (MCG), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), American Integrity Insurance Group (AII), SelectQuote (SLQT), NI (NODK), and James River Group (JRVR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry. Kingstone Companies vs. Its Competitors Heritage Insurance Waterdrop American Coastal Insurance Membership Collective Group Ambac Financial Group Kingsway Financial Services American Integrity Insurance Group SelectQuote NI James River Group Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends. Do insiders and institutionals believe in HRTG or KINS? 59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by company 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 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 Insurance12.71% 33.36% 4.46% Kingstone Companies 14.84%33.21%6.72% Does the media favor HRTG or KINS? In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 8 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 1 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 0.88 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Heritage Insurance Positive Kingstone Companies Positive Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HRTG or KINS? Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHeritage Insurance$816.98M0.93$61.54M$3.477.09Kingstone Companies$185.67M1.05$18.36M$2.006.89 Do analysts prefer HRTG or KINS? Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.95%. Given Heritage Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.33Kingstone Companies 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more volatility & risk, HRTG or KINS? Heritage Insurance has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more 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. SummaryHeritage Insurance beats Kingstone Companies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KINS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KINS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKingstone CompaniesINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$197.55M$58.72B$12.81B$10.13BDividend Yield1.49%1.84%5.40%4.60%P/E Ratio6.8916.74245.5925.93Price / Sales1.052.7130.86181.21Price / Cash8.2429.2422.3660.44Price / Book2.553.052.316.29Net Income$18.36M$4.66B$1.01B$270.77M7 Day Performance0.44%1.80%1.03%3.84%1 Month Performance-11.56%2.48%2.37%4.85%1 Year Performance49.03%20.05%539.26%26.00% Kingstone Companies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KINSKingstone Companies1.7387 of 5 stars$13.77-1.4%N/A+49.8%$197.55M$185.67M6.8990HRTGHeritage Insurance3.8953 of 5 stars$23.74-1.4%$29.00+22.1%+60.0%$747.21M$816.98M6.84650News CoverageInsider TradeWDHWaterdrop2.7843 of 5 stars$1.90+5.0%N/A+77.4%$656.08M$379.74M11.183,057Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeACICAmerican Coastal Insurance2.2414 of 5 stars$11.27-0.9%N/AN/A$554.46M$296.66M6.91470News CoverageMCGMembership Collective GroupN/A$8.85-0.8%N/A+62.1%$517.01M$972.21M-7.144,300AMBCAmbac Financial Group4.1752 of 5 stars$9.19+0.9%$12.50+36.1%-17.1%$422.26M$235.82M-0.67130News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↓KFSKingsway Financial Services1.3423 of 5 stars$14.38+2.5%N/A+83.6%$405.09M$109.38M0.00280News CoverageInsider TradeAIIAmerican Integrity Insurance GroupN/A$19.55-0.6%$22.00+12.5%N/A$384.98M$204.35M0.00294News CoverageSLQTSelectQuote3.5875 of 5 stars$2.04-1.7%$4.42+117.0%-41.4%$357.73M$1.53B40.704,269NODKNI1.4935 of 5 stars$13.40+0.4%N/A-13.0%$275.81M$325.20M167.50210Positive NewsGap DownJRVRJames River Group3.0659 of 5 stars$5.39-0.7%$6.06+12.5%-16.8%$249.33M$707.63M-1.71640Positive NewsShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HRTG Competitors WDH Competitors ACIC Competitors MCG Competitors AMBC Competitors KFS Competitors AII Competitors SLQT Competitors NODK Competitors JRVR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:KINS) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rulesMUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's lates...Stansberry Research | SponsoredTrump's Law S.1582: $21T Dollar Revolution ComingDo you have money in any of these banks? 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