MBI vs. HCI, AMSF, PRA, UVE, UFCS, DGICA, GBLI, ITIC, OB, and HALL
Should you be buying MBIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MBIA include HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Investors Title (ITIC), Outbrain (OB), and Hallmark Financial Services (HALL). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) and MBIA (NYSE:MBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
HCI Group has a net margin of 17.72% compared to HCI Group's net margin of 0.00%. MBIA's return on equity of 40.30% beat HCI Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, HCI Group had 3 more articles in the media than MBIA. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HCI Group and 2 mentions for MBIA. MBIA's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat HCI Group's score of -0.66 indicating that HCI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HCI Group presently has a consensus target price of $127.75, indicating a potential upside of 40.15%. MBIA has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 41.51%. Given HCI Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MBIA is more favorable than HCI Group.
HCI Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MBIA has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MBIA received 109 more outperform votes than HCI Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote.
HCI Group has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.0% of HCI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of MBIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of HCI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MBIA shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
HCI Group beats MBIA on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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