UFCS vs. HCI, HTH, STC, SAFT, PRA, EIG, AMSF, UVE, DGICA, and ITIC
Should you be buying United Fire Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Fire Group include HCI Group (HCI), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), ProAssurance (PRA), Employers (EIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Universal Insurance (UVE), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
United Fire Group vs.
HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) and United Fire Group (NASDAQ:UFCS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, HCI Group had 2 more articles in the media than United Fire Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HCI Group and 2 mentions for United Fire Group. United Fire Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat HCI Group's score of 0.59 indicating that United Fire Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.0% of HCI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of United Fire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of HCI Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of United Fire Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. United Fire Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. HCI Group pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Fire Group pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
HCI Group has a net margin of 19.37% compared to United Fire Group's net margin of 4.94%. HCI Group's return on equity of 34.17% beat United Fire Group's return on equity.
HCI Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Fire Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HCI Group presently has a consensus price target of $181.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. United Fire Group has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.06%. Given HCI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe HCI Group is more favorable than United Fire Group.
HCI Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Fire Group. United Fire Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HCI Group received 24 more outperform votes than United Fire Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.13% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave United Fire Group an outperform vote.
Summary
HCI Group beats United Fire Group on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UFCS) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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