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Hippo (HIPO) Competitors

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HIPO vs. ALHC, BWIN, BHF, PLMR, NMIH, GSHD, CS, HG, SPNT, and FIHL

Should you be buying Hippo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hippo include Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Palomar (PLMR), NMI (NMIH), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), SiriusPoint (SPNT), and Fidelis Insurance (FIHL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Hippo vs. Its Competitors

Hippo (NYSE:HIPO) and Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) are both insurance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Hippo presently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.62%. Alignment Healthcare has a consensus price target of $18.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.16%. Given Alignment Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alignment Healthcare is more favorable than Hippo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hippo
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Alignment Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Hippo has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

43.0% of Hippo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Hippo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held 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.

Hippo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alignment Healthcare. Hippo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alignment Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hippo$372.10M2.42-$40.50M-$0.49-73.29
Alignment Healthcare$2.70B1.29-$128.04M-$0.28-62.77

Alignment Healthcare has a net margin of -1.53% compared to Hippo's net margin of -2.52%. Hippo's return on equity of -12.13% beat Alignment Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hippo-2.52% -12.13% -2.59%
Alignment Healthcare -1.53%-43.68%-6.05%

In the previous week, Hippo had 5 more articles in the media than Alignment Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hippo and 7 mentions for Alignment Healthcare. Alignment Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Hippo's score of 0.09 indicating that Alignment Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hippo
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alignment Healthcare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alignment Healthcare beats Hippo on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HIPO vs. The Competition

MetricHippoINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$897.20M$20.95B$12.57B$21.91B
Dividend YieldN/A2.60%5.54%3.58%
P/E Ratio-73.1513.5230.1429.70
Price / Sales2.422.3930.0263.33
Price / CashN/A18.1222.5724.43
Price / Book2.443.472.284.62
Net Income-$40.50M$1.62B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.02%-0.11%0.14%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-2.76%-1.67%0.15%2.66%
1 Year Performance114.00%17.02%539.55%14.83%

Hippo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIPO
Hippo
1.5107 of 5 stars
$35.91
-2.0%
$34.25
-4.6%
+110.9%$897.20M$372.10M-73.15620Analyst Downgrade
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
1.876 of 5 stars
$17.45
-0.5%
$18.83
+7.9%
+50.9%$3.47B$2.70B-62.321,679Analyst Forecast
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.6799 of 5 stars
$27.90
-2.5%
$43.67
+56.5%
-42.8%$3.40B$1.44B-96.214,116News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.6107 of 5 stars
$54.58
-2.1%
$59.67
+9.3%
+8.6%$3.19B$4.72B5.911,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PLMR
Palomar
4.7325 of 5 stars
$114.49
-0.6%
$165.83
+44.8%
+23.2%$3.09B$553.86M20.12150Analyst Forecast
NMIH
NMI
3.8253 of 5 stars
$38.69
-1.5%
$42.33
+9.4%
-12.6%$3.05B$650.97M8.21234Analyst Forecast
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
4.4317 of 5 stars
$73.50
-1.9%
$108.91
+48.2%
-22.4%$2.81B$314.51M65.041,580Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
flat
N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480News Coverage
HG
Hamilton Insurance Group
2.4238 of 5 stars
$24.59
-0.2%
$25.43
+3.4%
+37.3%$2.47B$2.33B6.79550News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SPNT
SiriusPoint
3.3944 of 5 stars
$17.86
-2.5%
$25.00
+40.0%
+36.8%$2.14B$2.60B20.071,072Analyst Forecast
FIHL
Fidelis Insurance
3.6021 of 5 stars
$17.55
+0.1%
$20.67
+17.7%
+8.6%$1.94B$2.42B-42.8177Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:HIPO) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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