LMND vs. HMN, SKWD, SAFT, EIG, HCI, TCPC, ROOT, HG, AMSF, and PRA
Should you be buying Lemonade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lemonade include Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Root (ROOT), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), and ProAssurance (PRA). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Horace Mann Educators has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Lemonade's net margin of -48.14%. Horace Mann Educators' return on equity of 6.95% beat Lemonade's return on equity.
Lemonade currently has a consensus target price of $18.86, indicating a potential upside of 4.94%. Horace Mann Educators has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. Given Horace Mann Educators' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Horace Mann Educators is more favorable than Lemonade.
80.3% of Lemonade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Lemonade shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lemonade had 1 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lemonade and 3 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Lemonade's score of 0.52 indicating that Horace Mann Educators is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Horace Mann Educators has higher revenue and earnings than Lemonade. Lemonade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horace Mann Educators, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lemonade has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Horace Mann Educators received 155 more outperform votes than Lemonade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.84% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote while only 30.23% of users gave Lemonade an outperform vote.
Summary
Horace Mann Educators beats Lemonade on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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