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$39.03 -0.65 (-1.64%)
Closing price 09/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$38.42 -0.61 (-1.55%)
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NMIH vs. ACT, WTFC, EQH, ESNT, FBP, FNB, KNSL, L, MTG, and RDN

Should you be buying NMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NMI include Enact (ACT), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Equitable (EQH), Essent Group (ESNT), First BanCorp. (FBP), F.N.B. (FNB), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Loews (L), MGIC Investment (MTG), and Radian Group (RDN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

NMI vs. Its Competitors

NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) and Enact (NASDAQ:ACT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

94.1% of NMI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Enact shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of NMI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Enact shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NMI has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enact has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NMI presently has a consensus price target of $42.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.46%. Given NMI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NMI is more favorable than Enact.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NMI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Enact
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

NMI has a net margin of 55.57% compared to Enact's net margin of 55.35%. NMI's return on equity of 16.51% beat Enact's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NMI55.57% 16.51% 11.02%
Enact 55.35%13.61%10.42%

In the previous week, NMI had 4 more articles in the media than Enact. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for NMI and 13 mentions for Enact. NMI's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Enact's score of -0.10 indicating that NMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NMI
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Enact
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Enact has higher revenue and earnings than NMI. NMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enact, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NMI$679.62M4.46$360.11M$4.718.29
Enact$1.20B4.69$688.07M$4.398.71

Summary

NMI beats Enact on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NMIH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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NMIH vs. The Competition

MetricNMIINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.08B$58.36B$12.82B$10.17B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%5.42%4.61%
P/E Ratio8.2916.67244.6526.39
Price / Sales4.462.6930.97190.76
Price / Cash8.2929.0719.2529.91
Price / Book1.393.032.316.28
Net Income$360.11M$4.66B$1.01B$270.38M
7 Day Performance-1.14%0.17%0.61%1.89%
1 Month Performance0.15%3.11%3.21%6.01%
1 Year Performance-6.47%18.08%541.41%25.26%

NMI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NMIH
NMI
3.5004 of 5 stars
$39.03
-1.6%
$42.33
+8.5%
-5.0%$3.08B$679.62M8.29234Positive News
Analyst Revision
ACT
Enact
N/A$38.81
+0.6%
$35.00
-9.8%
+5.9%$5.69B$1.20B8.84500
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8773 of 5 stars
$138.73
-0.6%
$147.31
+6.2%
+27.2%$9.34B$3.97B13.125,903Positive News
Short Interest ↑
EQH
Equitable
4.4271 of 5 stars
$53.16
-0.4%
$64.90
+22.1%
+32.8%$15.99B$12.44B42.878,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ESNT
Essent Group
4.1903 of 5 stars
$63.77
-0.1%
$63.67
-0.2%
-0.7%$6.29B$1.24B9.31350Positive News
Short Interest ↑
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.7093 of 5 stars
$21.87
-0.9%
$24.00
+9.7%
+6.9%$3.54B$934.12M11.633,113Positive News
Dividend Increase
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6111 of 5 stars
$16.49
+0.0%
$18.64
+13.1%
+15.9%$5.92B$2.57B12.884,280
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.9729 of 5 stars
$453.12
-0.5%
$505.80
+11.6%
-8.5%$10.61B$1.59B23.64470Positive News
L
Loews
1.4256 of 5 stars
$96.04
-0.6%
N/A+23.8%$20.05B$17.78B15.2713,000Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.8351 of 5 stars
$28.39
-0.1%
$26.67
-6.1%
+10.8%$6.55B$1.22B9.31680Positive News
RDN
Radian Group
3.4862 of 5 stars
$35.13
-0.7%
$37.00
+5.3%
-1.1%$4.79B$1.29B8.851,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NMIH) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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