NI (NODK) Competitors

Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) and NI (NASDAQ:NODK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is BOW or NODK more profitable?

Bowhead Specialty has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NI's net margin of -1.63%. NI's return on equity of 1.16% beat Bowhead Specialty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A
NI	-1.63%	1.16%	0.47%

Does the media favor BOW or NODK?

In the previous week, Bowhead Specialty had 5 more articles in the media than NI. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bowhead Specialty and 1 mentions for NI. Bowhead Specialty's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat NI's score of 0.90 indicating that Bowhead Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bowhead Specialty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NI	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BOW or NODK?

Bowhead Specialty presently has a consensus price target of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 8.47%. Given Bowhead Specialty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bowhead Specialty is more favorable than NI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowhead Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
NI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOW or NODK?

NI received 78 more outperform votes than Bowhead Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.04% of users gave NI an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowhead Specialty	Outperform Votes 7 50.00%	Underperform Votes 7 50.00%
NI	Outperform Votes 85 62.04%	Underperform Votes 52 37.96%

Which has better earnings and valuation, BOW or NODK?

Bowhead Specialty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NI.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NI	$365.70M	0.81	-$5.48M	-$0.28	-51.25

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BOW or NODK?

21.9% of NI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NI beats Bowhead Specialty on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.