Kingstone Companies (KINS) Competitors

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

Is TIPT or KINS more profitable?

Kingstone Companies has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Tiptree's net margin of 2.05%. Kingstone Companies' return on equity of 32.55% beat Tiptree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tiptree	2.05%	11.50%	1.33%
Kingstone Companies	10.60%	32.55%	4.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TIPT or KINS?

Kingstone Companies received 8 more outperform votes than Tiptree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.91% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 65.74% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tiptree	Outperform Votes 182 66.91%	Underperform Votes 90 33.09%
Kingstone Companies	Outperform Votes 190 65.74%	Underperform Votes 99 34.26%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TIPT or KINS?

37.8% of Tiptree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Tiptree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, TIPT or KINS?

Tiptree has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TIPT or KINS?

Kingstone Companies has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential downside of 56.84%. Given Kingstone Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kingstone Companies is more favorable than Tiptree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tiptree	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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TIPT or KINS?

Tiptree has higher revenue and earnings than Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tiptree, 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
Tiptree	$1.99B	0.38	$13.95M	$0.97	20.77
Kingstone Companies	$149.65M	1.24	-$6.17M	$1.30	11.58

Is TIPT or KINS a better dividend stock?

Tiptree pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kingstone Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Tiptree pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kingstone Companies pays out 12.3% 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.

Does the media refer more to TIPT or KINS?

In the previous week, Tiptree had 9 more articles in the media than Kingstone Companies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tiptree and 1 mentions for Kingstone Companies. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Tiptree's score of 0.68 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tiptree	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kingstone Companies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kingstone Companies beats Tiptree on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.