JRVR vs. SLQT, HIPO, AMBC, MCG, WDH, TWFG, HRTG, GOCO, NODK, and HIT
Should you be buying James River Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James River Group include SelectQuote (SLQT), Hippo (HIPO), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Membership Collective Group (MCG), Waterdrop (WDH), TWFG (TWFG), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), GoHealth (GOCO), NI (NODK), and Health In Tech (HIT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
James River Group vs.
SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) and James River Group (NASDAQ:JRVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
SelectQuote has a net margin of -3.45% compared to James River Group's net margin of -20.84%. James River Group's return on equity of 3.90% beat SelectQuote's return on equity.
In the previous week, SelectQuote had 1 more articles in the media than James River Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SelectQuote and 2 mentions for James River Group. SelectQuote's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat James River Group's score of -1.00 indicating that SelectQuote is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SelectQuote presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.01%. James River Group has a consensus target price of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 117.12%. Given James River Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe James River Group is more favorable than SelectQuote.
James River Group received 320 more outperform votes than SelectQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.64% of users gave James River Group an outperform vote while only 45.59% of users gave SelectQuote an outperform vote.
34.6% of SelectQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of James River Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of SelectQuote shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of James River Group shares are owned by 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.
SelectQuote has higher revenue and earnings than James River Group. SelectQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James River Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SelectQuote has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James River Group has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SelectQuote and James River Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JRVR) was last updated on 1/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
