MHLD vs. KINS, GLRE, KFS, NODK, HRTG, GBLI, DGICA, HIPO, UFCS, and UVE
Should you be buying Maiden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maiden include Kingstone Companies (KINS), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), NI (NODK), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Donegal Group (DGICA), Hippo (HIPO), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) and Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Maiden shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Maiden shares are held by company 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, Maiden had 4 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Maiden and 0 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Maiden's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kingstone Companies'average media sentiment score.
Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Maiden received 81 more outperform votes than Kingstone Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
Kingstone Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maiden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingstone Companies currently has a consensus target price of $1.75, suggesting a potential downside of 58.03%. Given Maiden's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Maiden.
Kingstone Companies has a net margin of -4.28% compared to Kingstone Companies' net margin of -43.22%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of -8.75% beat Maiden's return on equity.
Summary
Maiden beats Kingstone Companies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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