Fundamental Global (FGF) Competitors

Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) and Fundamental Global (NASDAQ:FGF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KINS or FGF?

14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 62.7% of Fundamental Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, KINS or FGF?

Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fundamental Global has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KINS or FGF?

In the previous week, Kingstone Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Fundamental Global. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kingstone Companies and 1 mentions for Fundamental Global. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Fundamental Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kingstone Companies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fundamental Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KINS or FGF?

Kingstone Companies received 190 more outperform votes than Fundamental Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.97% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Fundamental Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kingstone Companies	Outperform Votes 190 65.97%	Underperform Votes 98 34.03%
Fundamental Global	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Do analysts recommend KINS or FGF?

Kingstone Companies presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential downside of 53.24%. Given Kingstone Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Fundamental Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingstone Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fundamental Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KINS or FGF?

Fundamental Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingstone Companies	$149.65M	1.15	-$6.17M	$1.30	10.69
Fundamental Global	$26.84M	1.45	$3.85M	$1.31	23.52

Is KINS or FGF more profitable?

Fundamental Global has a net margin of 20.87% compared to Kingstone Companies' net margin of 10.60%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 32.55% beat Fundamental Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingstone Companies	10.60%	32.55%	4.27%
Fundamental Global	20.87%	-38.66%	-16.17%

Summary

Kingstone Companies beats Fundamental Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.