Maiden (MHLD) Competitors

Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) and Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, MHLD or RGA?

Maiden has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MHLD or RGA?

Reinsurance Group of America received 89 more outperform votes than Maiden when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.08% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote while only 52.76% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maiden	Outperform Votes 265 54.08%	Underperform Votes 225 45.92%
Reinsurance Group of America	Outperform Votes 354 52.76%	Underperform Votes 317 47.24%

Do analysts prefer MHLD or RGA?

Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus target price of $228.85, suggesting a potential upside of 15.68%. Given Reinsurance Group of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Reinsurance Group of America is more favorable than Maiden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maiden	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Reinsurance Group of America	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Is MHLD or RGA a better dividend stock?

Maiden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Maiden pays out -9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 30.0% 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. Reinsurance Group of America has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Maiden is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MHLD or RGA?

Reinsurance Group of America has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Maiden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reinsurance Group of America, 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
Maiden	$63.36M	1.82	-$38.57M	-$2.13	-0.54
Reinsurance Group of America	$20.94B	0.62	$717M	$11.85	16.69

Is MHLD or RGA more profitable?

Reinsurance Group of America has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Maiden's net margin of -71.58%. Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity of 14.55% beat Maiden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maiden	-71.58%	-16.55%	-2.70%
Reinsurance Group of America	3.24%	14.55%	1.33%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MHLD or RGA?

21.8% of Maiden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Maiden shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MHLD or RGA?

In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 8 more articles in the media than Maiden. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 0 mentions for Maiden. Reinsurance Group of America's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Maiden's score of 0.00 indicating that Reinsurance Group of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maiden	Neutral
Reinsurance Group of America	Positive

Summary

Reinsurance Group of America beats Maiden on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.