HRTG vs. JRVR, KFS, NODK, MHLD, GBLI, HIPO, DGICA, UFCS, UVE, and TCPC
Should you be buying Heritage Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Insurance include James River Group (JRVR), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), NI (NODK), Maiden (MHLD), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Hippo (HIPO), Donegal Group (DGICA), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), and BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Heritage Insurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than James River Group. James River Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, James River Group had 3 more articles in the media than Heritage Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for James River Group and 2 mentions for Heritage Insurance. James River Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 0.72 indicating that James River Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $8.33, indicating a potential downside of 21.31%. James River Group has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.48%. Given James River Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe James River Group is more favorable than Heritage Insurance.
Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 6.16% compared to James River Group's net margin of -10.80%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 26.69% beat James River Group's return on equity.
James River Group received 44 more outperform votes than Heritage Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.08% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 64.43% of users gave James River Group an outperform vote.
Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James River Group has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of James River Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of James River Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats James River Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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