Maiden (MHLD) Competitors

Maiden (NASDAQ:MHLD) and Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MHLD or RGA?

Reinsurance Group of America received 87 more outperform votes than Maiden when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.30% of users gave Maiden an outperform vote while only 52.77% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maiden	Outperform Votes 265 54.30%	Underperform Votes 223 45.70%
Reinsurance Group of America	Outperform Votes 352 52.77%	Underperform Votes 315 47.23%

Is MHLD or RGA more profitable?

Reinsurance Group of America has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Maiden's net margin of -71.58%. Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity of 14.55% beat Maiden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maiden	-71.58%	-16.55%	-2.70%
Reinsurance Group of America	3.24%	14.55%	1.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MHLD or RGA?

21.8% of Maiden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Maiden shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer MHLD or RGA?

In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 15 more articles in the media than Maiden. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 2 mentions for Maiden. Reinsurance Group of America's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Maiden's score of 0.30 indicating that Reinsurance Group of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Maiden	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reinsurance Group of America	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, MHLD or RGA?

Maiden has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MHLD or RGA a better dividend stock?

Maiden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.8%. Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Maiden pays out -9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 33.1% 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. Reinsurance Group of America has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Maiden is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MHLD or RGA?

Reinsurance Group of America has higher revenue and earnings than Maiden. Maiden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reinsurance Group of America, 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
Maiden	$87.70M	1.09	-$38.57M	-$2.03	-0.47
Reinsurance Group of America	$22.00B	0.55	$717M	$10.74	17.18

Do analysts rate MHLD or RGA?

Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus target price of $230.15, suggesting a potential upside of 24.76%. Given Reinsurance Group of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Reinsurance Group of America is more favorable than Maiden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maiden	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Reinsurance Group of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Summary

Reinsurance Group of America beats Maiden on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.