PRA vs. UVE, UFCS, DGICA, GBLI, AMSF, EIG, HCI, SAFT, TIPT, and HIPO
Should you be buying ProAssurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProAssurance include Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Tiptree (TIPT), and Hippo (HIPO). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Universal Insurance (NYSE:UVE) and ProAssurance (NYSE:PRA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Universal Insurance has a net margin of 4.80% compared to Universal Insurance's net margin of -3.39%. ProAssurance's return on equity of 18.14% beat Universal Insurance's return on equity.
66.6% of Universal Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of ProAssurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Universal Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ProAssurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Insurance has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProAssurance has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than ProAssurance. ProAssurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Universal Insurance had 9 more articles in the media than ProAssurance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Universal Insurance and 0 mentions for ProAssurance. ProAssurance's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Universal Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Insurance received 25 more outperform votes than ProAssurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Universal Insurance an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave ProAssurance an outperform vote.
Universal Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. ProAssurance has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.15%. Given ProAssurance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Insurance is more favorable than ProAssurance.
Summary
Universal Insurance beats ProAssurance on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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