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

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

Root vs. Its Competitors

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

F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

F&G Annuities & Life presently has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.20%. Root has a consensus price target of $124.40, suggesting a potential upside of 44.94%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Root is more favorable than F&G Annuities & Life.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
F&G Annuities & Life
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Root
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

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
F&G Annuities & Life$5.74B0.71$639M$2.4812.15
Root$1.18B1.13$30.90M$5.0117.13

In the previous week, F&G Annuities & Life had 1 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life and 6 mentions for Root. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of -0.13 beat Root's score of -0.14 indicating that F&G Annuities & Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
F&G Annuities & Life
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Root
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
F&G Annuities & Life6.45% 11.51% 0.58%
Root 6.02%38.24%5.27%

95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Root shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Root beats F&G Annuities & Life on 10 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$1.29B$57.85B$12.52B$10.50B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%5.60%4.80%
P/E Ratio17.1316.8029.9427.24
Price / Sales1.132.7729.75196.48
Price / Cash28.5130.6922.4961.53
Price / Book6.363.152.316.74
Net Income$30.90M$4.66B$1.02B$276.59M
7 Day Performance5.02%0.24%-0.05%-0.47%
1 Month Performance-14.34%3.79%-0.26%7.47%
1 Year Performance102.96%21.83%536.72%34.58%

Root Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Root
3.1356 of 5 stars
$85.83
+3.1%
$124.40
+44.9%
+103.2%$1.29B$1.18B17.131,021
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.1472 of 5 stars
$31.10
-0.1%
$43.50
+39.9%
-30.8%$4.19B$5.74B12.541,338News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HGTY
Hagerty
3.7193 of 5 stars
$12.08
+0.7%
$13.63
+12.8%
+14.0%$4.10B$1.20B60.381,744
LMND
Lemonade
3.2265 of 5 stars
$55.99
+2.7%
$41.14
-26.5%
+199.3%$4.03B$526.50M0.001,235
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.7553 of 5 stars
$27.64
-4.0%
$43.67
+58.0%
-48.0%$3.42B$1.39B25.044,116Analyst Forecast
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
2.3423 of 5 stars
$17.11
+2.9%
$18.83
+10.1%
+51.5%$3.29B$2.70B0.001,679News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PLMR
Palomar
4.7129 of 5 stars
$112.90
-3.1%
$160.17
+41.9%
+22.2%$3.12B$553.86M20.31150Analyst Revision
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.4247 of 5 stars
$51.04
-3.8%
$59.67
+16.9%
+7.2%$3.03B$4.72B5.521,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NMIH
NMI
3.7765 of 5 stars
$36.40
-0.9%
$42.50
+16.8%
-11.5%$2.85B$650.97M7.73234Analyst Revision
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
flat
N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480News Coverage
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
4.49 of 5 stars
$66.81
-7.5%
$107.73
+61.2%
-26.9%$2.71B$314.51M59.121,580News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:ROOT) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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