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$78.05 -1.32 (-1.66%)
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ROOT vs. OSCR, HGTY, FG, LMND, ALHC, BWIN, PLMR, CS, NMIH, and BHF

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

Root vs. Its Competitors

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

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Oscar Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Oscar Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Root presently has a consensus target price of $124.40, suggesting a potential upside of 59.14%. Oscar Health has a consensus target price of $13.19, suggesting a potential downside of 35.21%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Root is more favorable than Oscar Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Root
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10
Oscar Health
6 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

In the previous week, Oscar Health had 13 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Oscar Health and 0 mentions for Root. Oscar Health's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Root's score of 0.00 indicating that Oscar Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Root Neutral
Oscar Health Positive

Root has a net margin of 6.02% compared to Oscar Health's net margin of -1.50%. Root's return on equity of 38.24% beat Oscar Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Root6.02% 38.24% 5.27%
Oscar Health -1.50%-13.78%-2.99%

Root has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oscar Health has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Root has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oscar Health. Oscar Health 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$1.18B1.03$30.90M$5.0115.60
Oscar Health$9.18B0.57$25.43M-$0.81-25.13

Summary

Root beats Oscar Health on 11 of the 16 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$1.21B$57.19B$12.58B$10.49B
Dividend YieldN/A1.92%5.59%4.88%
P/E Ratio15.6216.2621.1927.04
Price / Sales1.032.6430.44162.85
Price / Cash26.6029.0122.4061.65
Price / Book5.792.952.236.43
Net Income$30.90M$4.66B$1.02B$276.72M
7 Day Performance-1.66%-2.23%-0.83%-2.95%
1 Month Performance-24.02%-1.32%-1.51%-0.09%
1 Year Performance96.75%17.91%535.42%29.93%

Root Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Root
2.7354 of 5 stars
$78.05
-1.7%
$124.40
+59.4%
+107.4%$1.21B$1.18B15.581,021
OSCR
Oscar Health
1.8615 of 5 stars
$20.36
+8.5%
$12.64
-37.9%
+36.5%$4.85B$9.18B0.002,400
HGTY
Hagerty
3.9521 of 5 stars
$11.79
+0.8%
$13.88
+17.7%
+6.8%$4.00B$1.20B58.941,744Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.0689 of 5 stars
$28.94
-0.8%
$38.33
+32.4%
-30.2%$3.93B$5.74B11.671,338News Coverage
LMND
Lemonade
3.1716 of 5 stars
$50.39
+4.9%
$48.00
-4.7%
+167.6%$3.55B$526.50M0.001,235Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
2.1844 of 5 stars
$17.31
flat
$18.83
+8.8%
+67.6%$3.43B$2.70B0.001,679
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.8465 of 5 stars
$27.08
-5.7%
$37.67
+39.1%
-55.9%$3.41B$1.39B24.984,116
PLMR
Palomar
4.475 of 5 stars
$118.14
+0.1%
$156.67
+32.6%
+19.6%$3.16B$553.86M20.57150
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
flat
N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480
NMIH
NMI
3.9517 of 5 stars
$35.68
+0.6%
$42.33
+18.6%
-7.2%$2.75B$650.97M7.58234
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.5729 of 5 stars
$48.04
+1.6%
$59.30
+23.4%
-2.9%$2.70B$4.72B5.201,400Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:ROOT) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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