MHLD vs. HRTG, PTVCA, UIHC, KINS, GLRE, RGA, RNR, ESGR, BOW, and TIPT
Should you be buying Maiden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maiden include Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Protective Insurance (PTVCA), United Insurance (UIHC), Kingstone Companies (KINS), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Enstar Group (ESGR), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), and Tiptree (TIPT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Maiden shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Maiden shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Maiden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 2 more articles in the media than Maiden. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 1 mentions for Maiden. Heritage Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Maiden's score of 0.60 indicating that Maiden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.13%. Given Maiden's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Maiden.
Heritage Insurance received 38 more outperform votes than Maiden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.73% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Heritage Insurance's net margin of -26.14%. Maiden's return on equity of 24.02% beat Heritage Insurance's return on equity.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats Maiden on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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