NMI (NMIH) Competitors

Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GNW or NMIH?

81.9% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of NMI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of NMI 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.

Does the media favor GNW or NMIH?

In the previous week, NMI had 4 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NMI and 2 mentions for Genworth Financial. NMI's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.76 indicating that NMI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genworth Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NMI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNW or NMIH?

Genworth Financial received 124 more outperform votes than NMI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.32% of users gave NMI an outperform vote while only 61.05% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genworth Financial	Outperform Votes 544 61.05%	Underperform Votes 347 38.95%
NMI	Outperform Votes 420 65.32%	Underperform Votes 223 34.68%

Do analysts rate GNW or NMIH?

Genworth Financial presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.76%. NMI has a consensus price target of $43.29, suggesting a potential upside of 15.06%. Given NMI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NMI is more favorable than Genworth Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genworth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
NMI	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk and volatility, GNW or NMIH?

Genworth Financial has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NMI has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GNW or NMIH?

NMI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genworth Financial. NMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genworth Financial, 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
Genworth Financial	$7.49B	0.42	$76M	$0.21	35.00
NMI	$579M	5.14	$322.11M	$4.37	8.61

Is GNW or NMIH more profitable?

NMI has a net margin of 56.20% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of 1.19%. NMI's return on equity of 17.82% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genworth Financial	1.19%	0.31%	0.03%
NMI	56.20%	17.82%	11.73%

Summary

NMI beats Genworth Financial on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.