TIPT vs. TCPC, UVE, UFCS, HIPO, PRA, DGICA, GBLI, GLRE, JRVR, and ROOT
Should you be buying Tiptree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tiptree include BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Hippo (HIPO), ProAssurance (PRA), Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), James River Group (JRVR), and Root (ROOT). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Tiptree (NASDAQ:TIPT) and BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) 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, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
BlackRock TCP Capital received 224 more outperform votes than Tiptree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 64.91% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tiptree had 5 more articles in the media than BlackRock TCP Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Tiptree and 3 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital. Tiptree's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat BlackRock TCP Capital's score of 0.15 indicating that Tiptree is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tiptree pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Tiptree pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out 206.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BlackRock TCP Capital has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Given BlackRock TCP Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BlackRock TCP Capital is more favorable than Tiptree.
Tiptree has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
37.8% of Tiptree shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Tiptree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock TCP Capital has a net margin of 18.38% compared to Tiptree's net margin of 0.85%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 14.59% beat Tiptree's return on equity.
BlackRock TCP Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tiptree. BlackRock TCP Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tiptree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackRock TCP Capital beats Tiptree on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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