NI (NODK) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BOW or NODK?

Bowhead Specialty currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.19%. Given Bowhead Specialty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Which has higher earnings & 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	$389.11M	2.89	N/A	N/A	N/A
NI	$391.66M	0.81	-$5.48M	-$0.28	-54.68

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BOW or NODK?

21.9% of NI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of NI shares are held by company 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 MarketBeat Community favor 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 53.85% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowhead Specialty	Outperform Votes 7 53.85%	Underperform Votes 6 46.15%
NI	Outperform Votes 85 62.04%	Underperform Votes 52 37.96%

Does the media favor BOW or NODK?

In the previous week, Bowhead Specialty had 4 more articles in the media than NI. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bowhead Specialty and 0 mentions for NI. Bowhead Specialty's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat NI's score of 0.00 indicating that Bowhead Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bowhead Specialty	Positive
NI	Neutral

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%

Summary

Bowhead Specialty and NI tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.