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AMBC vs. CLOV, ROOT, IGIC, YB, HIPO, BOW, HRTG, WDH, TIPT, and ACIC

Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Root (ROOT), International General Insurance (IGIC), Yuanbao (YB), Hippo (HIPO), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Waterdrop (WDH), Tiptree Financial (TIPT), and American Coastal Insurance (ACIC). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Ambac Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) and Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Clover Health Investments had 18 more articles in the media than Ambac Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Clover Health Investments and 0 mentions for Ambac Financial Group. Clover Health Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Ambac Financial Group's score of 0.03 indicating that Clover Health Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Clover Health Investments Positive
Ambac Financial Group Neutral

19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Ambac Financial Group shares are held 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.

Clover Health Investments currently has a consensus price target of $4.03, indicating a potential upside of 25.78%. Ambac Financial Group has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.69%. Given Clover Health Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Ambac Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clover Health Investments
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Ambac Financial Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clover Health Investments$1.37B1.20-$43.01M-$0.08-40.00
Ambac Financial Group$235.82M1.66-$556.45M-$13.62-0.62

Clover Health Investments has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Clover Health Investments has a net margin of -2.68% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of -215.40%. Ambac Financial Group's return on equity of -3.50% beat Clover Health Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clover Health Investments-2.68% -12.20% -6.95%
Ambac Financial Group -215.40%-3.50%-0.49%

Summary

Clover Health Investments beats Ambac Financial Group 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

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AMBC vs. The Competition

MetricAmbac Financial GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$385.60M$57.31B$12.59B$21.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio-0.6215.7921.2632.78
Price / Sales1.662.7329.9760.02
Price / Cash35.6929.0922.2924.20
Price / Book0.382.972.244.65
Net Income-$556.45M$4.66B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.18%1.75%0.96%1.48%
1 Month Performance-8.87%-0.07%-1.12%0.43%
1 Year Performance-26.74%18.99%536.19%12.71%

Ambac Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
3.9687 of 5 stars
$8.43
+1.4%
$10.00
+18.7%
-29.2%$385.60M$235.82M-0.62130
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.931 of 5 stars
$2.63
+2.7%
$4.37
+66.0%
-21.8%$1.31B$1.37B-32.88680Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
ROOT
Root
2.7563 of 5 stars
$83.28
+2.3%
$118.67
+42.5%
+96.5%$1.26B$1.18B16.621,021
IGIC
International General Insurance
4.016 of 5 stars
$22.71
+1.9%
$31.50
+38.7%
+15.7%$994.42M$539M8.23290
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$21.60
+7.5%
N/AN/A$905.66M$456.88M0.00497Short Interest ↑
Lockup Expiration
Gap Up
HIPO
Hippo
1.5744 of 5 stars
$34.14
-1.2%
$34.25
+0.3%
+86.4%$864.72M$425M-69.68620
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
3.6398 of 5 stars
$26.57
+1.4%
$35.67
+34.2%
-15.6%$858.88M$425.66M18.07193
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.5616 of 5 stars
$25.07
-1.1%
$31.50
+25.6%
+132.4%$785.98M$816.98M7.22650Insider Trade
WDH
Waterdrop
3.3467 of 5 stars
$1.81
-1.9%
$2.00
+10.8%
+50.9%$666.96M$379.74M10.623,057
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
1.4727 of 5 stars
$17.88
+1.2%
N/A-13.2%$662.63M$2.04B14.191,144Upcoming Earnings
ACIC
American Coastal Insurance
1.7537 of 5 stars
$11.99
+1.4%
N/AN/A$576.41M$296.66M7.36470News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AMBC) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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