Hagerty (HGTY) Competitors

Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HGTY or KNSL?

Kinsale Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hagerty. Kinsale Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hagerty, 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
Hagerty	$1.25B	2.61	$20.23M	$0.20	47.50
Kinsale Capital Group	$1.64B	6.74	$414.84M	$17.38	27.25

Which has more volatility & risk, HGTY or KNSL?

Hagerty has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HGTY or KNSL?

20.5% of Hagerty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Hagerty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HGTY or KNSL more profitable?

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Hagerty's net margin of 5.27%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.04% beat Hagerty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hagerty	5.27%	12.06%	3.26%
Kinsale Capital Group	26.13%	28.04%	8.31%

Do analysts rate HGTY or KNSL?

Hagerty presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.53%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus price target of $484.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.31%. Given Hagerty's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hagerty is more favorable than Kinsale Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hagerty	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Kinsale Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor HGTY or KNSL?

In the previous week, Hagerty had 1 more articles in the media than Kinsale Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hagerty and 11 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Hagerty's score of 0.40 indicating that Kinsale Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hagerty	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kinsale Capital Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HGTY or KNSL?

Kinsale Capital Group received 321 more outperform votes than Hagerty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.01% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hagerty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hagerty	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 9 100.00%
Kinsale Capital Group	Outperform Votes 321 67.01%	Underperform Votes 158 32.99%

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Hagerty on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.