Root (ROOT) Competitors

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

Is ROOT or VOYA more profitable?

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
Root	4.11%	27.33%	3.41%
Voya Financial	7.18%	14.05%	0.51%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ROOT or VOYA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Root	$1.18B	1.63	$30.90M	$3.20	39.06
Voya Financial	$8.05B	0.87	$667M	$5.30	13.68

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ROOT or VOYA?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ROOT or VOYA?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Voya Financial and 2 mentions for Root. Root's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.77 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Root	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Voya Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ROOT or VOYA?

Root presently has a consensus price target of $136.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.14%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $82.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.18%. Given Voya Financial's 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Voya Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has more risk & volatility, ROOT or VOYA?

Root has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Root beats Voya Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.