NI (NODK) Competitors

NI (NASDAQ:NODK) and Tiptree (NASDAQ:TIPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NODK or TIPT?

21.9% of NI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Tiptree shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Tiptree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NODK or TIPT more profitable?

Tiptree has a net margin of 2.05% compared to NI's net margin of -1.63%. Tiptree's return on equity of 11.50% beat NI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NI	-1.63%	1.16%	0.47%
Tiptree	2.05%	11.50%	1.33%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NODK or TIPT?

Tiptree has higher revenue and earnings than NI. NI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tiptree, 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
NI	$325.20M	0.80	-$5.48M	-$0.13	-96.15
Tiptree	$2.04B	0.41	$13.95M	$1.29	17.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NODK or TIPT?

Tiptree received 97 more outperform votes than NI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.91% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave NI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NI	Outperform Votes 85 62.04%	Underperform Votes 52 37.96%
Tiptree	Outperform Votes 182 66.91%	Underperform Votes 90 33.09%

Which has more risk & volatility, NODK or TIPT?

NI has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tiptree has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NODK or TIPT?

In the previous week, Tiptree had 9 more articles in the media than NI. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tiptree and 2 mentions for NI. NI's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Tiptree's score of 0.53 indicating that NI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NI	Positive
Tiptree	Positive

Summary

Tiptree beats NI on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.