AMBC vs. MBI, NMIH, HUT, IGIC, TRIN, NXP, PRA, CCAP, KREF, and EGBN
Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include MBIA (MBI), NMI (NMIH), Hut 8 (HUT), International General Insurance (IGIC), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), ProAssurance (PRA), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), and Eagle Bancorp (EGBN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) and MBIA (NYSE:MBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than MBIA. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 1 mentions for MBIA. Ambac Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MBIA'saverage media sentiment score.
Ambac Financial Group has a net margin of 1.48% compared to MBIA's net margin of -425.26%. Ambac Financial Group's return on equity of 6.99% beat MBIA's return on equity.
MBIA received 349 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 5.56% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.
Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MBIA has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambac Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.80%. MBIA has a consensus target price of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.18%. Given Ambac Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than MBIA.
84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of MBIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of MBIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ambac Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA 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.
Summary
Ambac Financial Group beats MBIA on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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