KFS vs. MHLD, HRTG, JRVR, NODK, DGICA, GBLI, HIPO, GLRE, UFCS, and UVE
Should you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Maiden (MHLD), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), James River Group (JRVR), NI (NODK), Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Hippo (HIPO), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) and Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Maiden shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Maiden shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Maiden received 143 more outperform votes than Kingsway Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.93% of users gave Kingsway Financial Services an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote.
Kingsway Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden.
Kingsway Financial Services has a net margin of -6.57% compared to Maiden's net margin of -26.14%. Maiden's return on equity of -7.79% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Maiden had 1 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Maiden and 0 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services. Kingsway Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Maiden's score of 0.00 indicating that Kingsway Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of -0.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maiden has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kingsway Financial Services beats Maiden on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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