ITIC vs. HRTG, UHG, PMO, PSTL, BETR, MHN, NODK, SAR, RFI, and ASG
Should you be buying Investors Title stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Title include Heritage Insurance (HRTG), United Homes Group (UHG), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), Better Home & Finance (BETR), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), NI (NODK), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) and Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Investors Title. Heritage Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investors Title, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Insurance received 164 more outperform votes than Investors Title when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave Investors Title an outperform vote.
41.4% of Investors Title shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Investors Title shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Investors Title has a net margin of 9.65% compared to Heritage Insurance's net margin of 6.07%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 25.96% beat Investors Title's return on equity.
In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 4 more articles in the media than Investors Title. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 5 mentions for Investors Title. Investors Title's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Heritage Insurance's score of -0.29 indicating that Investors Title is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Insurance has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Given Heritage Insurance's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Investors Title.
Investors Title has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats Investors Title on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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