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ROOT vs. VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, BWIN, FG, OSCR, PLMR, GSHD, and HGTY

Should you be buying Root stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Root include Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Oscar Health (OSCR), Palomar (PLMR), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), and Hagerty (HGTY). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Root vs. Its Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Root has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Root$1.18B1.65$30.90M$3.2039.40
Voya Financial$8.05B0.86$667M$5.3013.65

Voya Financial has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Root's net margin of 4.11%. Root's return on equity of 27.33% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Root4.11% 27.33% 3.41%
Voya Financial 7.18%14.05%0.51%

Root currently has a consensus target price of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Voya Financial has a consensus target price of $84.18, suggesting a potential upside of 16.38%. Given Voya Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Root.

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
Voya Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Voya Financial and 0 mentions for Root. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Root's score of 0.00 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Root Neutral
Voya Financial Positive

Summary

Voya Financial beats Root on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ROOT vs. The Competition

MetricRootINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.94B$56.62B$12.23B$9.40B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio39.4017.6819.2319.88
Price / Sales1.652.6826.43100.83
Price / Cash44.9628.9218.5528.17
Price / Book9.353.032.345.74
Net Income$30.90M$4.66B$996.52M$257.57M
7 Day Performance4.71%2.84%2.00%4.01%
1 Month Performance-8.95%1.12%5.27%14.40%
1 Year Performance66.65%24.33%541.18%17.59%

Root Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Root
0.5462 of 5 stars
$126.09
+3.7%
$130.50
+3.5%
+57.8%$1.94B$1.18B39.401,021
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.987 of 5 stars
$73.44
+1.4%
$83.83
+14.2%
-0.8%$7.07B$8.05B13.8610,000
JXN
Jackson Financial
2.233 of 5 stars
$88.05
+1.2%
$96.40
+9.5%
+6.1%$6.29B$7.17B85.493,970
ESNT
Essent Group
4.8208 of 5 stars
$56.45
+0.8%
$63.71
+12.9%
-7.6%$5.72B$1.24B8.26350
ACT
Enact
N/A$35.21
+1.2%
$35.00
-0.6%
+4.7%$5.28B$1.22B7.93500
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
2.8138 of 5 stars
$41.27
+1.3%
$45.17
+9.4%
+1.4%$4.89B$1.41B-79.374,116Positive News
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.4576 of 5 stars
$30.75
0.0%
$43.33
+40.9%
-29.8%$4.14B$5.74B8.161,338Analyst Upgrade
OSCR
Oscar Health
2.3559 of 5 stars
$15.17
+5.5%
$14.92
-1.7%
-10.9%$3.86B$9.18B54.172,400Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PLMR
Palomar
3.723 of 5 stars
$141.17
+4.6%
$174.17
+23.4%
+57.5%$3.77B$553.86M28.18150Positive News
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
4.0029 of 5 stars
$96.59
+0.3%
$115.40
+19.5%
+61.6%$3.63B$314.51M81.171,580Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HGTY
Hagerty
1.1982 of 5 stars
$10.01
+0.1%
$10.50
+4.9%
-9.6%$3.42B$1.25B50.051,744Trending News
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This page (NASDAQ:ROOT) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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