EIG vs. HCI, SAFT, AMSF, PRA, UVE, UFCS, GBLI, DGICA, MCY, and TCPC Should you be buying Employers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Employers include HCI Group (HCI), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Donegal Group (DGICA), Mercury General (MCY), and BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
HCI Group (NYSE:HCI ) and Employers (NYSE:EIG ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
HCI Group has a net margin of 17.72% compared to HCI Group's net margin of 14.16%. Employers' return on equity of 40.30% beat HCI Group's return on equity.
Employers has higher revenue and earnings than HCI Group. Employers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HCI Group currently has a consensus price target of $127.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.78%. Employers has a consensus price target of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.20%. Given HCI Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Employers is more favorable than HCI Group.
87.0% of HCI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Employers shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of HCI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Employers 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.
HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HCI Group pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Employers pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Employers has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Employers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Employers received 41 more outperform votes than HCI Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Employers an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HCI Group had 3 more articles in the media than Employers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HCI Group and 1 mentions for Employers. HCI Group's average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat Employers' score of 0.91 indicating that Employers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HCI Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Employers has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary HCI Group beats Employers on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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