JRVR vs. NODK, KFS, HRTG, GBLI, MHLD, GLRE, DGICA, HIPO, UVE, and UFCS
Should you be buying James River Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James River Group include NI (NODK), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Maiden (MHLD), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Donegal Group (DGICA), Hippo (HIPO), Universal Insurance (UVE), and United Fire Group (UFCS). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) and NI (NASDAQ:NODK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
NI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than James River Group. James River Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.2% of James River Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of NI shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of James River Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NI had 2 more articles in the media than James River Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NI and 11 mentions for James River Group. James River Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat NI's score of 0.46 indicating that James River Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
James River Group has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NI has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NI has a net margin of 1.37% compared to James River Group's net margin of -10.56%. James River Group's return on equity of 12.85% beat NI's return on equity.
James River Group received 262 more outperform votes than NI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave James River Group an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave NI an outperform vote.
James River Group presently has a consensus price target of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 54.75%. Given James River Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe James River Group is more favorable than NI.
Summary
James River Group beats NI on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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