ROOT vs. STC, CNC, PIH, KFS, AXV, MXX, ANK, AGO, BRO, and FAF
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), Barksdale Resources (BRO), and Fire & Flower (FAF). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
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.
Roots presently has a consensus target price of C$3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.46%. Sangoma Technologies has a consensus target price of C$11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.50%. Given Sangoma Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sangoma Technologies is more favorable than Roots.
In the previous week, Roots' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sangoma Technologies'average media sentiment score.
51.0% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Roots shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Roots has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sangoma Technologies has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Roots beats Sangoma Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ROOT) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff