FGF vs. KINS, ICCH, OXBR, CNFR, UNAM, BRK.A, BRK.B, PGR, CB, and AIG
Should you be buying Fundamental Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fundamental Global include Kingstone Companies (KINS), ICC (ICCH), Oxbridge Re (OXBR), Conifer (CNFR), Unico American (UNAM), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), and American International Group (AIG). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Fundamental Global (NASDAQ:FGF) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Fundamental Global has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kingstone Companies received 185 more outperform votes than Fundamental Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.84% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Fundamental Global an outperform vote.
Fundamental Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fundamental Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingstone Companies has a consensus target price of $1.75, indicating a potential downside of 63.69%. Given Kingstone Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Fundamental Global.
In the previous week, Kingstone Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Fundamental Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kingstone Companies and 3 mentions for Fundamental Global. Fundamental Global's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Kingstone Companies' score of -0.34 indicating that Fundamental Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 0.22% compared to Fundamental Global's net margin of -6.73%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of -3.04% beat Fundamental Global's return on equity.
3.1% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.7% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kingstone Companies beats Fundamental Global on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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