AUR vs. HGTY, DWAC, DNA, KIND, AAC, JKHY, PSN, CACI, LNW, and OTEX
Should you be buying Aurora Innovation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurora Innovation include Hagerty (HGTY), Digital World Acquisition (DWAC), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), Nextdoor (KIND), Ares Acquisition (AAC), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Light & Wonder (LNW), and Open Text (OTEX).
Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) and Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Aurora Innovation received 6 more outperform votes than Hagerty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 33.33% of users gave Aurora Innovation an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hagerty an outperform vote.
Hagerty has a net margin of 1.82% compared to Aurora Innovation's net margin of 0.00%. Hagerty's return on equity of 6.35% beat Aurora Innovation's return on equity.
Hagerty has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hagerty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hagerty has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aurora Innovation currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 54.32%. Hagerty has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Aurora Innovation's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Hagerty.
44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Hagerty shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Hagerty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hagerty had 4 more articles in the media than Aurora Innovation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hagerty and 3 mentions for Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Hagerty's score of 0.59 indicating that Aurora Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hagerty beats Aurora Innovation on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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