Root (ROOT) Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE:BNRE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, ROOT or BNRE?

Root has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ROOT or BNRE?

Root presently has a consensus target price of $122.17, suggesting a potential downside of 11.31%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Root is more favorable than Brookfield Reinsurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Root	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ROOT or BNRE?

Brookfield Reinsurance has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Root is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Reinsurance, 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
Root	$1.27B	1.67	-$147.40M	$3.20	43.05
Brookfield Reinsurance	$9.35B	0.92	$796M	$0.29	204.48

Does the media favor ROOT or BNRE?

In the previous week, Root had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Root and 0 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Root's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Root	Positive
Brookfield Reinsurance	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ROOT or BNRE?

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROOT or BNRE?

Root received 31 more outperform votes than Brookfield Reinsurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 28.97% of users gave Root an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Brookfield Reinsurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Root	Outperform Votes 31 28.97%	Underperform Votes 76 71.03%
Brookfield Reinsurance	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Is ROOT or BNRE more profitable?

Brookfield Reinsurance has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Brookfield Reinsurance's return on equity of 0.14% beat Root's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Root	-1.56%	-9.81%	-1.12%
Brookfield Reinsurance	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%

Summary

Root beats Brookfield Reinsurance on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.