Hamilton Insurance Group (HG) Competitors

Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) and Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend ESNT or HG?

Essent Group currently has a consensus target price of $61.71, indicating a potential upside of 5.39%. Hamilton Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $23.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.27%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than Essent Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essent Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Hamilton Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ESNT or HG?

93.0% of Essent Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Essent Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Hamilton Insurance Group 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ESNT or HG?

Essent Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Insurance Group has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ESNT or HG?

In the previous week, Hamilton Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Essent Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hamilton Insurance Group and 8 mentions for Essent Group. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Hamilton Insurance Group's score of 1.21 indicating that Essent Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essent Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Insurance Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ESNT or HG more profitable?

Essent Group has a net margin of 58.69% compared to Hamilton Insurance Group's net margin of 21.88%. Hamilton Insurance Group's return on equity of 21.92% beat Essent Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essent Group	58.69%	13.35%	10.61%
Hamilton Insurance Group	21.88%	21.92%	6.70%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ESNT or HG?

Essent Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hamilton Insurance Group. Hamilton Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essent Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Essent Group	$1.27B	4.80	$729.40M	$6.84	8.56
Hamilton Insurance Group	$2.38B	0.80	$258.73M	$3.64	5.18

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESNT or HG?

Essent Group received 425 more outperform votes than Hamilton Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Hamilton Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essent Group	Outperform Votes 445 65.63%	Underperform Votes 233 34.37%
Hamilton Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 20 83.33%	Underperform Votes 4 16.67%

Summary

Essent Group beats Hamilton Insurance Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.