KINS vs. HIPO, TIPT, AMBC, WDH, MCG, TWFG, GOCO, HRTG, HIT, and NODK
Should you be buying Kingstone Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingstone Companies include Hippo (HIPO), Tiptree (TIPT), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Waterdrop (WDH), Membership Collective Group (MCG), TWFG (TWFG), GoHealth (GOCO), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Health In Tech (HIT), and NI (NODK). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Kingstone Companies vs.
Hippo (NYSE:HIPO) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Hippo had 6 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hippo and 2 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Hippo's score of -0.09 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.0% of Hippo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Hippo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hippo presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.34%. Kingstone Companies has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential downside of 60.00%. Given Hippo's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hippo is more favorable than Kingstone Companies.
Kingstone Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hippo. Hippo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingstone Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Hippo's net margin of -37.94%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 32.55% beat Hippo's return on equity.
Kingstone Companies received 174 more outperform votes than Hippo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.74% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Hippo an outperform vote.
Hippo has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kingstone Companies beats Hippo on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KINS) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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