MBI vs. AMBC, LPA, HBCP, ASG, UHG, WHF, PSTL, LX, ITIC, and RFI
Should you be buying MBIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MBIA include Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Latam Logistic Properties (LPA), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), United Homes Group (UHG), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), LexinFintech (LX), Investors Title (ITIC), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) and MBIA (NYSE:MBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
MBIA received 348 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 8.70% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.
84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of MBIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MBIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MBIA has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambac Financial Group has a net margin of 18.09% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of -425.26%. MBIA's return on equity of 10.69% beat Ambac Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than MBIA. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 1 mentions for MBIA. Ambac Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat MBIA's score of 0.79 indicating that MBIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ambac Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.97%. MBIA has a consensus target price of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. Given Ambac Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MBIA is more favorable than Ambac Financial Group.
Ambac Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ambac Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ambac Financial Group beats MBIA on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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