AMSF vs. MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, EIG, SAFT, PRA, UFCS, UVE, and DGICA
Should you be buying AMERISAFE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMERISAFE include Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), and Donegal Group (DGICA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
AMERISAFE vs.
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Mercury General received 21 more outperform votes than AMERISAFE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.93% of users gave AMERISAFE an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mercury General had 8 more articles in the media than AMERISAFE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mercury General and 2 mentions for AMERISAFE. AMERISAFE's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Mercury General's score of 0.24 indicating that AMERISAFE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of AMERISAFE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mercury General has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AMERISAFE has a net margin of 19.49% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 10.18%. Mercury General's return on equity of 18.04% beat AMERISAFE's return on equity.
Mercury General has higher revenue and earnings than AMERISAFE. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMERISAFE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. AMERISAFE pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Mercury General pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMERISAFE pays out 46.3% 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. AMERISAFE has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. AMERISAFE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AMERISAFE has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.46%. Given AMERISAFE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMERISAFE is more favorable than Mercury General.
Summary
AMERISAFE beats Mercury General on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AMSF) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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