KINS vs. HIPO, SLQT, WDH, TWFG, HRTG, AMBC, MCG, GOCO, NODK, and KFS
Should you be buying Kingstone Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingstone Companies include Hippo (HIPO), SelectQuote (SLQT), Waterdrop (WDH), TWFG (TWFG), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Membership Collective Group (MCG), GoHealth (GOCO), NI (NODK), and Kingsway Financial Services (KFS). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Hippo has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingstone Companies has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Kingstone Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Hippo. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kingstone Companies and 3 mentions for Hippo. Kingstone Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Hippo's score of 0.21 indicating that Kingstone Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kingstone Companies received 176 more outperform votes than Hippo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.75% of users gave Kingstone Companies an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Hippo an outperform vote.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hippo presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Kingstone Companies has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential downside of 60.35%. Given Hippo's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hippo is more favorable than Kingstone Companies.
Summary
Kingstone Companies beats Hippo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KINS) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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