NODK vs. JRVR, KFS, HRTG, MHLD, GBLI, GLRE, DGICA, HIPO, UVE, and UFCS
Should you be buying NI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NI include James River Group (JRVR), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Maiden (MHLD), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), 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.
NI (NASDAQ:NODK) and James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
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 has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 54.75%. Given James River Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe James River Group is more favorable than NI.
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.
NI has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James River Group has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 news media.
21.9% of NI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of James River Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of NI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of James River Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NI has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
James River Group beats NI on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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