Investors Title (ITIC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HCI or ITIC?

HCI Group received 104 more outperform votes than Investors Title when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave Investors Title an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HCI Group	Outperform Votes 248 61.85%	Underperform Votes 153 38.15%
Investors Title	Outperform Votes 144 59.50%	Underperform Votes 98 40.50%

Is HCI or ITIC more profitable?

HCI Group has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Investors Title's net margin of 11.83%. 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
HCI Group	19.37%	34.17%	7.44%
Investors Title	11.83%	10.99%	8.44%

Which has more risk & volatility, HCI or ITIC?

HCI Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investors Title has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HCI or ITIC a better dividend stock?

HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Investors Title pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. HCI Group pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investors Title pays out 12.2% 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HCI or ITIC?

HCI Group has higher revenue and earnings than Investors Title. HCI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investors Title, 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
HCI Group	$550.67M	2.33	$79.03M	$11.97	10.15
Investors Title	$224.75M	1.91	$21.69M	$15.11	15.09

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HCI or ITIC?

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

Do analysts rate HCI or ITIC?

HCI Group currently has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Given HCI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Investors Title.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HCI Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Investors Title	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor HCI or ITIC?

In the previous week, HCI Group and HCI Group both had 4 articles in the media. HCI Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Investors Title's score of 0.63 indicating that HCI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

HCI Group beats Investors Title on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.