Root (ROOT) Competitors

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ROOT vs. VOYA, JXN, ESNT, FG, ACT, BWIN, GSHD, OSCR, BHF, 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), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Enact (ACT), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Oscar Health (OSCR), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), and Hagerty (HGTY). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Root vs.

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

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Voya Financial has a net margin of 8.29% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Voya Financial's return on equity of 14.10% beat Root's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Root-1.56% -9.81% -1.12%
Voya Financial 8.29%14.10%0.51%

Voya Financial received 585 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 27.55% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RootOutperform Votes
27
27.55%
Underperform Votes
71
72.45%
Voya FinancialOutperform Votes
612
67.77%
Underperform Votes
291
32.23%

Root presently has a consensus target price of $59.38, suggesting a potential downside of 56.02%. Voya Financial has a consensus target price of $82.27, suggesting a potential upside of 12.19%. Given Voya Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Root$455M4.48-$147.40M-$1.23-109.76
Voya Financial$8.05B0.88$625M$6.1211.98

Root has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Voya Financial and 1 mentions for Root. Root's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.15 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Voya Financial beats Root on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ROOT vs. The Competition

MetricRootFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.09B$44.82B$12.06B$9.18B
Dividend YieldN/A7.58%5.71%4.00%
P/E Ratio-112.5010.4123.2519.43
Price / Sales4.597.0827.7380.94
Price / CashN/A17.1718.3538.87
Price / Book12.112.362.725.07
Net Income-$147.40M$4.15B$1.03B$222.90M
7 Day Performance26.13%0.28%-0.11%0.37%
1 Month Performance69.19%5.80%5.18%5.51%
1 Year Performance1,614.75%58.28%19.06%23.18%

Root Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Root
1.2498 of 5 stars
$138.38
+17.0%
$59.38
-57.1%
+1,301.9%$2.09B$455M-112.50760News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.991 of 5 stars
$71.86
-0.7%
$82.18
+14.4%
+6.7%$6.91B$7.76B11.749,000Analyst Forecast
JXN
Jackson Financial
2.6102 of 5 stars
$92.72
-0.6%
$92.40
-0.3%
+74.2%$6.86B$3.16B-7.343,840Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ESNT
Essent Group
4.0408 of 5 stars
$58.12
-0.7%
$62.71
+7.9%
+7.6%$6.18B$1.23B8.43350Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
1.4381 of 5 stars
$46.42
+3.5%
$46.50
+0.2%
-1.4%$5.86B$4.50B-774.371,165Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ACT
Enact
N/A$33.92
+0.0%
$35.00
+3.2%
+21.3%$5.21B$1.20B7.77500Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
BWIN
The Baldwin Insurance Group
2.0861 of 5 stars
$41.58
-1.6%
$45.50
+9.4%
N/A$4.90B$1.22B-65.113,927Short Interest ↑
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
2.232 of 5 stars
$110.51
-1.7%
$99.20
-10.2%
+29.1%$4.10B$261.28M153.591,415
OSCR
Oscar Health
3.6474 of 5 stars
$14.70
0.0%
$21.56
+46.7%
-20.7%$3.63B$9.18B-734.332,400News Coverage
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.3769 of 5 stars
$59.05
-1.5%
$57.75
-2.2%
+9.4%$3.51B$4.65B-2.911,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
HGTY
Hagerty
2.4329 of 5 stars
$10.13
-0.9%
$11.00
+8.6%
+19.0%$3.46B$1.00B92.121,732Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:ROOT) was last updated on 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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