Maiden (MHLD) Competitors

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

Is RGA or MHLD a better dividend stock?

Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Maiden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maiden pays out -9.9% 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Maiden is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RGA or MHLD?

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
Reinsurance Group of America	$22.00B	0.56	$717M	$10.74	17.43
Maiden	$87.70M	1.50	-$38.57M	-$2.03	-0.65

Do analysts rate RGA or MHLD?

Reinsurance Group of America presently has a consensus target price of $230.15, indicating a potential upside of 22.93%. Given Reinsurance Group of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Reinsurance Group of America is more favorable than Maiden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reinsurance Group of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Maiden	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is RGA or MHLD 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
Reinsurance Group of America	3.24%	14.55%	1.33%
Maiden	-71.58%	-16.55%	-2.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RGA or MHLD?

Reinsurance Group of America received 87 more outperform votes than Maiden when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.30% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote while only 52.77% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reinsurance Group of America	Outperform Votes 352 52.77%	Underperform Votes 315 47.23%
Maiden	Outperform Votes 265 54.30%	Underperform Votes 223 45.70%

Does the media refer more to RGA or MHLD?

In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 22 more articles in the media than Maiden. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 2 mentions for Maiden. Maiden's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 1.22 indicating that Maiden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reinsurance Group of America	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Maiden	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, RGA or MHLD?

Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Summary

Reinsurance Group of America beats Maiden on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.