ESGR vs. ROOT, RNR, WTM, THG, KMPR, AXS, MCY, SIGI, RLI, and FIHL
Should you be buying Enstar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enstar Group include Root (ROOT), RenaissanceRe (RNR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Kemper (KMPR), AXIS Capital (AXS), Mercury General (MCY), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), and Fidelis Insurance (FIHL). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Root has a beta of 2.86, suggesting that its stock price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 78.24% compared to Enstar Group's net margin of -32.40%. Root's return on equity of 24.87% beat Enstar Group's return on equity.
59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Enstar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Root shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Enstar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enstar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Root is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enstar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enstar Group received 223 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 24.39% of users gave Root an outperform vote.
Root currently has a consensus target price of $21.88, indicating a potential downside of 66.03%. Given Enstar Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Root is more favorable than Enstar Group.
In the previous week, Root had 3 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Root and 1 mentions for Enstar Group. Root's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Enstar Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Enstar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Enstar Group beats Root on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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