Investors Title (ITIC) Competitors $271.60 -3.18 (-1.16%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ITIC vs. ARGO, STC, EIG, SAFT, HCI, AMSF, PRA, UFCS, UVE, and DGICAShould you be buying Investors Title stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Title include Argo Group International (ARGO), Stewart Information Services (STC), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), Universal Insurance (UVE), and Donegal Group (DGICA). Investors Title vs. Argo Group International Stewart Information Services Employers Safety Insurance Group HCI Group AMERISAFE ProAssurance United Fire Group Universal Insurance Donegal Group Argo Group International (NYSE:ARGO) and Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends. Which has more volatility and risk, ARGO or ITIC? Argo Group International has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investors Title has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARGO or ITIC? Investors Title has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Argo Group International. Argo Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investors Title, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioArgo Group International$1.75B0.60-$175.20M-$5.65-5.31Investors Title$241.35M2.12$21.69M$15.1117.97 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARGO or ITIC? Investors Title received 122 more outperform votes than Argo Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.41% of users gave Investors Title an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Argo Group International an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformArgo Group InternationalOutperform Votes2027.78% Underperform Votes5272.22% Investors TitleOutperform Votes14259.41% Underperform Votes9740.59% Is ARGO or ITIC more profitable? Investors Title has a net margin of 11.83% compared to Argo Group International's net margin of -12.28%. Investors Title's return on equity of 10.99% beat Argo Group International's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Argo Group International-12.28% -11.08% -1.37% Investors Title 11.83%10.99%8.44% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARGO or ITIC? 41.4% of Investors Title shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Argo Group International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Investors Title shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor ARGO or ITIC? In the previous week, Investors Title had 4 more articles in the media than Argo Group International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Investors Title and 2 mentions for Argo Group International. Investors Title's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Argo Group International's score of 0.23 indicating that Investors Title is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Argo Group International 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Investors Title 0 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryInvestors Title beats Argo Group International on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ITIC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInvestors TitleTitle insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$511.72M$6.46B$11.00B$8.66BDividend Yield0.67%2.49%5.94%4.06%P/E Ratio17.9736.9228.4217.27Price / Sales2.121.3945.0369.06Price / Cash23.3415.1318.4936.35Price / Book1.891.623.695.87Net Income$21.69M$196.48M$998.34M$225.66M7 Day Performance8.00%2.86%-0.06%-1.34%1 Month Performance11.91%2.15%1.86%1.15%1 Year Performance78.11%47.00%24.78%24.02% Investors Title Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ITICInvestors Title1.7571 of 5 stars$271.60-1.2%N/A+80.9%$511.72M$241.35M17.97560Dividend IncreaseAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑ARGOArgo Group InternationalN/A$29.99flatN/AN/A$1.06B$1.75B-5.311,206News CoverageSTCStewart Information Services2.5239 of 5 stars$72.95+0.8%N/A+62.4%$2.02B$2.26B34.416,800Positive NewsEIGEmployers2.2144 of 5 stars$53.32+0.5%N/A+39.4%$1.32B$850.90M9.99717Analyst DowngradeShort Interest ↓SAFTSafety Insurance Group3.6483 of 5 stars$85.84-0.9%N/A+10.0%$1.27B$930.96M17.00539Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsHCIHCI Group4.5863 of 5 stars$112.53-2.7%N/A+37.7%$1.19B$550.67M9.40530Short Interest ↓AMSFAMERISAFE2.6905 of 5 stars$59.29-0.6%N/A+17.2%$1.13B$306.85M18.53350Short Interest ↑Positive NewsPRAProAssurance4.493 of 5 stars$17.17+0.4%N/A+28.6%$878.42M$1.14B20.691,094Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑UFCSUnited Fire Group2.947 of 5 stars$25.44+0.3%N/A+28.4%$644.65M$1.10B13.11852News CoveragePositive NewsUVEUniversal Insurance4.8984 of 5 stars$22.41+0.1%N/A+35.7%$633.98M$1.39B9.111,244Insider SellingShort Interest ↓News CoverageDGICADonegal Group3.5128 of 5 stars$15.89-0.1%N/A+10.6%$532.00M$927.34M20.91880Insider BuyingNews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARGO Alternatives STC Alternatives EIG Alternatives SAFT Alternatives HCI Alternatives AMSF Alternatives PRA Alternatives UFCS Alternatives UVE Alternatives DGICA Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ITIC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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