1347 Property Insurance (PIH) Competitors

Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) and 1347 Property Insurance (NASDAQ:PIH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Is KINS or PIH more profitable?

Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to 1347 Property Insurance's net margin of 0.00%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 32.55% beat 1347 Property Insurance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingstone Companies	10.60%	32.55%	4.27%
1347 Property Insurance	N/A	-20.02%	-9.25%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KINS or PIH?

14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of 1347 Property Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of 1347 Property Insurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KINS or PIH?

1347 Property Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingstone Companies.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingstone Companies	$155.14M	1.58	-$6.17M	$1.44	12.41
1347 Property Insurance	$5.60M	14.78	$310K	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, KINS or PIH?

Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1347 Property Insurance has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KINS or PIH?

Kingstone Companies presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential downside of 63.63%. Given Kingstone Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than 1347 Property Insurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingstone Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
1347 Property Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor KINS or PIH?

In the previous week, Kingstone Companies had 2 more articles in the media than 1347 Property Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kingstone Companies and 0 mentions for 1347 Property Insurance. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat 1347 Property Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kingstone Companies	Positive
1347 Property Insurance	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KINS or PIH?

Kingstone Companies received 25 more outperform votes than 1347 Property Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.75% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave 1347 Property Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kingstone Companies	Outperform Votes 192 65.75%	Underperform Votes 100 34.25%
1347 Property Insurance	Outperform Votes 167 60.29%	Underperform Votes 110 39.71%

Summary

Kingstone Companies beats 1347 Property Insurance on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.