Kingstone Companies (KINS) Competitors

Conifer (NASDAQ:CNFR) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CNFR or KINS?

34.9% of Conifer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.4% of Conifer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CNFR or KINS?

Kingstone Companies has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential downside of 57.10%. Given Kingstone Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Conifer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conifer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kingstone Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNFR or KINS?

Conifer received 2 more outperform votes than Kingstone Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.97% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave Conifer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conifer	Outperform Votes 192 57.83%	Underperform Votes 140 42.17%
Kingstone Companies	Outperform Votes 190 65.97%	Underperform Votes 98 34.03%

Is CNFR or KINS more profitable?

Conifer has a net margin of 34.76% compared to Kingstone Companies' net margin of 10.60%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 32.55% beat Conifer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conifer	34.76%	-335.82%	-9.84%
Kingstone Companies	10.60%	32.55%	4.27%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CNFR or KINS?

Kingstone Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Conifer. Conifer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingstone Companies, 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
Conifer	$74.82M	0.19	-$25.90M	$2.42	0.49
Kingstone Companies	$144.19M	1.30	-$6.17M	$1.30	11.65

Which has more risk & volatility, CNFR or KINS?

Conifer has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CNFR or KINS?

In the previous week, Kingstone Companies had 9 more articles in the media than Conifer. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kingstone Companies and 1 mentions for Conifer. Conifer's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Kingstone Companies' score of 0.56 indicating that Conifer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conifer	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kingstone Companies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kingstone Companies beats Conifer on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.