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ROOT vs. FG, OSCR, BWIN, LMND, HGTY, GSHD, PLMR, ALHC, NMIH, and CS

Should you be buying Root stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Root include F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Oscar Health (OSCR), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), Lemonade (LMND), Hagerty (HGTY), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Palomar (PLMR), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), NMI (NMIH), and Credit Suisse Group (CS). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Root vs. Its Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Root has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

F&G Annuities & Life has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Root's net margin of 6.02%. Root's return on equity of 38.24% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Root6.02% 38.24% 5.27%
F&G Annuities & Life 6.45%11.51%0.58%

Root presently has a consensus price target of $123.83, indicating a potential upside of 34.28%. F&G Annuities & Life has a consensus price target of $44.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.38%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Root is more favorable than F&G Annuities & Life.

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
F&G Annuities & Life
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, F&G Annuities & Life had 8 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life and 1 mentions for Root. Root's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat F&G Annuities & Life's score of 1.50 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Root Very Positive
F&G Annuities & Life Very Positive

F&G Annuities & Life has higher revenue and earnings than Root. F&G Annuities & Life 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$1.36B1.04$30.90M$5.0118.41
F&G Annuities & Life$4.99B0.93$639M$2.4813.93

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Root shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Root beats F&G Annuities & Life on 12 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$1.42B$59.00B$12.49B$9.74B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%5.42%4.48%
P/E Ratio18.4116.59229.1226.59
Price / Sales1.042.7331.99159.17
Price / Cash31.5828.9919.0628.92
Price / Book6.843.012.316.08
Net Income$30.90M$4.66B$1.01B$265.93M
7 Day Performance4.81%0.90%0.53%0.36%
1 Month Performance-20.99%4.84%4.55%5.58%
1 Year Performance112.68%15.80%541.64%19.67%

Root Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Root
4.132 of 5 stars
$92.22
+2.2%
$123.83
+34.3%
+112.7%$1.42B$1.36B18.411,021Positive News
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.2446 of 5 stars
$34.47
-2.4%
$44.33
+28.6%
-24.4%$4.64B$5.74B13.901,338Positive News
OSCR
Oscar Health
1.8595 of 5 stars
$16.72
-0.5%
$12.07
-27.8%
-9.0%$4.32B$9.18B-20.642,400Positive News
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.8981 of 5 stars
$33.33
-0.7%
$43.67
+31.0%
-32.5%$3.96B$1.39B-114.934,116Positive News
LMND
Lemonade
2.8128 of 5 stars
$53.24
-6.3%
$40.43
-24.1%
+185.5%$3.93B$526.50M-18.811,235
HGTY
Hagerty
3.3882 of 5 stars
$10.83
-0.9%
$10.00
-7.7%
-3.9%$3.70B$1.20B54.151,744
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
4.7145 of 5 stars
$86.62
-3.2%
$110.91
+28.0%
+0.4%$3.36B$341.57M76.661,580News Coverage
Positive News
PLMR
Palomar
4.3744 of 5 stars
$122.22
-2.3%
$165.83
+35.7%
+24.0%$3.35B$679.67M21.48150
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
1.2483 of 5 stars
$15.58
-1.6%
$18.83
+20.9%
+81.6%$3.09B$2.70B-55.641,679Gap Up
NMIH
NMI
2.2358 of 5 stars
$39.61
-1.8%
$42.33
+6.9%
-4.2%$3.07B$679.62M8.41234
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
flat
N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480News Coverage

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