ROOT vs. HCI, AMSF, LMND, SKWD, TIPT, TCPC, UVE, UFCS, HG, and HMN
Should you be buying Root stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Root include HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Lemonade (LMND), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Tiptree (TIPT), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), and Horace Mann Educators (HMN). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) and Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
HCI Group received 218 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.54% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote while only 25.88% of users gave Root an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HCI Group had 10 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for HCI Group and 7 mentions for Root. Root's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat HCI Group's score of 0.26 indicating that HCI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.0% of HCI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of HCI Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Root shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HCI Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HCI Group currently has a consensus price target of $127.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.53%. Root has a consensus price target of $40.75, indicating a potential downside of 42.07%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Root.
HCI Group has a net margin of 14.35% compared to HCI Group's net margin of -17.61%. Root's return on equity of 36.40% beat HCI Group's return on equity.
HCI Group has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Root is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HCI Group beats Root on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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