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Roots (ROOT) Competitors

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C$3.40 -0.02 (-0.58%)
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ROOT vs. STC, CNC, PIH, KFS, AXV, MXX, ANK, AGO, FAF, and BRO

Should you be buying Roots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roots include Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Axion Ventures (AXV), MATRRIX Energy Technologies (MXX), Angkor Resources (ANK), Big Tree Carbon (AGO), Fire & Flower (FAF), and Barksdale Resources (BRO). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Roots vs. Its Competitors

Roots (TSE:ROOT) and Sangoma Technologies (TSE:STC) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Roots has a net margin of 1.11% compared to Sangoma Technologies' net margin of -2.81%. Roots' return on equity of 1.58% beat Sangoma Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Roots1.11% 1.58% 2.29%
Sangoma Technologies -2.81%-2.61%-0.16%

Roots currently has a consensus price target of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Sangoma Technologies has a consensus price target of C$10.63, indicating a potential upside of 54.21%. Given Sangoma Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sangoma Technologies is more favorable than Roots.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Roots
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sangoma Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Roots has higher revenue and earnings than Sangoma Technologies. Sangoma Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RootsC$268.46M0.50C$2.89M-C$0.79-4.30
Sangoma TechnologiesC$236.69M0.97-C$4.90M-C$0.15-45.93

In the previous week, Sangoma Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Roots. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sangoma Technologies and 0 mentions for Roots. Roots' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sangoma Technologies' score of -0.42 indicating that Roots is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Roots Neutral
Sangoma Technologies Neutral

0.0% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.7% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Roots shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Roots has a beta of 0.533641, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sangoma Technologies has a beta of 1.198604, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sangoma Technologies beats Roots on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ROOT vs. The Competition

MetricRootsApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$134.68MC$5.72BC$3.86BC$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A3.02%3.53%6.48%
P/E Ratio-4.30264.99526.9925.98
Price / Sales0.5057.17223.2310.14
Price / Cash14.2227.2831.1683.29
Price / Book0.764.723.575.62
Net IncomeC$2.89MC$256.81MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.26%-0.56%-0.43%1.68%
1 Month Performance6.25%0.25%-0.48%9.17%
1 Year Performance60.38%21.31%35.43%37.06%

Roots Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Roots
1.0417 of 5 stars
C$3.40
-0.6%
C$4.00
+17.6%
+60.6%C$134.68MC$268.46M-4.30760
STC
Sangoma Technologies
2.5062 of 5 stars
C$8.49
+4.2%
C$11.50
+35.5%
-10.5%C$284.47MC$238.26M-40.431,342
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.83
-2.4%
N/A-18.3%C$173.43MN/A-11.8674,300News Coverage
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080
MXX
MATRRIX Energy Technologies
N/AC$0.31
+3.3%
N/A+0.0%C$40.80MC$23.15M-16.32122
ANK
Angkor Resources
N/AC$0.18
-14.3%
N/A+150.0%C$34.31MN/A-18.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AGO
Big Tree Carbon
N/AC$0.15
flat
N/A+0.0%C$16.91MN/A-7.89410News Coverage
FAF
Fire & Flower
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$13.09MC$170.21M-0.1421,200Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BRO
Barksdale Resources
N/AC$0.09
+6.3%
N/A-44.8%C$11.62MN/A-2.8315,200Gap Up

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This page (TSE:ROOT) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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