ROOT vs. TCPC, AMSF, PRA, HCI, EIG, SAFT, TIPT, UVE, UFCS, and LMND
Should you be buying Root stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Root include BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Tiptree (TIPT), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Lemonade (LMND). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) and Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
BlackRock TCP Capital received 372 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 25.88% of users gave Root an outperform vote.
BlackRock TCP Capital has a net margin of 9.69% compared to BlackRock TCP Capital's net margin of -17.61%. Root's return on equity of 13.95% beat BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity.
BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Root had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock TCP Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Root and 0 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital. BlackRock TCP Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Root's score of 0.00 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock TCP Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. Root has a consensus target price of $40.75, indicating a potential downside of 37.86%. Given Root's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BlackRock TCP Capital is more favorable than Root.
BlackRock TCP Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Root. Root is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock TCP Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackRock TCP Capital beats Root on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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