JRVR vs. HRTG, HIPO, SLQT, WDH, TWFG, MCG, AMBC, NODK, GOCO, and KINS
Should you be buying James River Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James River Group include Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Hippo (HIPO), SelectQuote (SLQT), Waterdrop (WDH), TWFG (TWFG), Membership Collective Group (MCG), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), NI (NODK), GoHealth (GOCO), and Kingstone Companies (KINS). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
James River Group vs.
James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) and Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, James River Group and James River Group both had 6 articles in the media. Heritage Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat James River Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Heritage Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.2% of James River Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of James River Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Heritage Insurance 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.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than James River Group. James River Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 9.10% compared to James River Group's net margin of -20.84%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 29.17% beat James River Group's return on equity.
James River Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Heritage Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. James River Group pays out -1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heritage Insurance pays out 11.9% 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.
James River Group has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
James River Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.06, indicating a potential upside of 41.32%. Heritage Insurance has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 33.52%. Given James River Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe James River Group is more favorable than Heritage Insurance.
James River Group received 37 more outperform votes than Heritage Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.46% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave James River Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Heritage Insurance beats James River Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JRVR) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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