1347 Property Insurance (PIH) Competitors

Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and 1347 Property Insurance (NASDAQ:PIH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is HRTG or PIH more profitable?

Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 9.10% compared to 1347 Property Insurance's net margin of 0.00%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 29.17% beat 1347 Property Insurance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Insurance	9.10%	29.17%	3.12%
1347 Property Insurance	N/A	-20.02%	-9.25%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HRTG or PIH?

59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of 1347 Property Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of 1347 Property Insurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, HRTG or PIH?

Heritage Insurance has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1347 Property Insurance has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HRTG or PIH?

Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than 1347 Property Insurance.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Insurance	$793.69M	0.43	$45.31M	$2.50	4.42
1347 Property Insurance	$5.60M	17.88	$310K	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer HRTG or PIH?

In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 1 more articles in the media than 1347 Property Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 0 mentions for 1347 Property Insurance. Heritage Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat 1347 Property Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Heritage Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Heritage Insurance	Very Positive
1347 Property Insurance	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HRTG or PIH?

Heritage Insurance received 146 more outperform votes than 1347 Property Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave 1347 Property Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Heritage Insurance	Outperform Votes 313 66.31%	Underperform Votes 159 33.69%
1347 Property Insurance	Outperform Votes 167 60.29%	Underperform Votes 110 39.71%

Do analysts prefer HRTG or PIH?

Heritage Insurance currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.03%. Given Heritage Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than 1347 Property Insurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
1347 Property Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Heritage Insurance beats 1347 Property Insurance on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.