Investors Title (ITIC) Competitors

Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) and HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is ITIC or HCI more profitable?

HCI Group has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Investors Title's net margin of 12.03%. HCI Group's return on equity of 34.17% beat Investors Title's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Investors Title	12.03%	11.84%	9.12%
HCI Group	19.37%	34.17%	7.44%

Do analysts recommend ITIC or HCI?

HCI Group has a consensus price target of $140.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.68%. Given HCI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Investors Title.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Investors Title	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
HCI Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor ITIC or HCI?

In the previous week, HCI Group had 1 more articles in the media than Investors Title. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HCI Group and 3 mentions for Investors Title. Investors Title's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat HCI Group's score of 1.20 indicating that Investors Title is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Investors Title	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HCI Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ITIC or HCI?

HCI Group has higher revenue and earnings than Investors Title. Investors Title is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, 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
Investors Title	$258.30M	1.94	$31.07M	$16.43	14.03
HCI Group	$749.45M	2.09	$79.03M	$8.80	16.52

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ITIC or HCI?

HCI Group received 102 more outperform votes than Investors Title when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Investors Title an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Investors Title	Outperform Votes 146 58.87%	Underperform Votes 102 41.13%
HCI Group	Outperform Votes 248 61.85%	Underperform Votes 153 38.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, ITIC or HCI?

Investors Title has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCI Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITIC or HCI a better dividend stock?

Investors Title pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Investors Title pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HCI Group pays out 18.2% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ITIC or HCI?

41.4% of Investors Title shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of HCI Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Investors Title shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of HCI Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HCI Group beats Investors Title on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.