HIPO vs. UFCS, DGICA, UVE, TCPC, GBLI, TIPT, GLRE, JRVR, PRA, and NODK
Should you be buying Hippo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hippo include United Fire Group (UFCS), Donegal Group (DGICA), Universal Insurance (UVE), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Tiptree (TIPT), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), James River Group (JRVR), ProAssurance (PRA), and NI (NODK). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
United Fire Group (NASDAQ:UFCS) and Hippo (NYSE:HIPO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
United Fire Group has a net margin of -2.71% compared to United Fire Group's net margin of -130.19%. Hippo's return on equity of -4.38% beat United Fire Group's return on equity.
United Fire Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hippo. United Fire Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hippo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.7% of United Fire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Hippo shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of United Fire Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Hippo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
United Fire Group received 205 more outperform votes than Hippo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.60% of users gave United Fire Group an outperform vote while only 37.14% of users gave Hippo an outperform vote.
United Fire Group has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hippo has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Fire Group presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.41%. Hippo has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential downside of 21.10%. Given Hippo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Fire Group is more favorable than Hippo.
In the previous week, Hippo had 15 more articles in the media than United Fire Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hippo and 5 mentions for United Fire Group. United Fire Group's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Hippo's score of -0.42 indicating that Hippo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
United Fire Group beats Hippo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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