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ROOT vs. FG, LMND, OSCR, BWIN, HGTY, PLMR, GSHD, ALHC, NMIH, and CS

Should you be buying Root stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Root include F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lemonade (LMND), Oscar Health (OSCR), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), Hagerty (HGTY), Palomar (PLMR), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), NMI (NMIH), and Credit Suisse Group (CS). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Root vs. Its Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, F&G Annuities & Life had 2 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life and 0 mentions for Root. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Root's score of 0.00 indicating that F&G Annuities & Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Root Neutral
F&G Annuities & Life Very Positive

F&G Annuities & Life has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Root's net margin of 6.02%. Root's return on equity of 38.24% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Root6.02% 38.24% 5.27%
F&G Annuities & Life 6.45%11.51%0.58%

F&G Annuities & Life has higher revenue and earnings than Root. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Root, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Root$1.18B1.20$30.90M$5.0118.17
F&G Annuities & Life$5.74B0.83$639M$2.4814.24

59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Root shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Root presently has a consensus target price of $123.83, suggesting a potential upside of 36.07%. F&G Annuities & Life has a consensus target price of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.54%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Root is more favorable than F&G Annuities & Life.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Root
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
F&G Annuities & Life
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Root has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Root beats F&G Annuities & Life on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ROOT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ROOT vs. The Competition

MetricRootINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.41B$59.23B$12.56B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/A1.86%5.46%4.06%
P/E Ratio18.1716.4919.4126.05
Price / Sales1.202.7926.2888.42
Price / Cash31.1628.7822.1959.36
Price / Book5.752.412.356.60
Net Income$30.90M$4.66B$1.01B$265.65M
7 Day Performance0.64%2.42%1.75%2.00%
1 Month Performance-26.39%3.10%1.61%0.46%
1 Year Performance93.80%17.57%541.38%18.88%

Root Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Root
3.6075 of 5 stars
$91.01
+3.3%
$123.83
+36.1%
+93.8%$1.41B$1.18B18.171,021
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.2799 of 5 stars
$34.00
-1.4%
$44.33
+30.4%
-16.1%$4.58B$5.74B13.711,338Positive News
LMND
Lemonade
3.1467 of 5 stars
$59.69
+4.0%
$40.43
-32.3%
+203.5%$4.41B$526.50M-21.091,235
OSCR
Oscar Health
1.941 of 5 stars
$16.69
+6.7%
$12.07
-27.7%
-5.2%$4.32B$9.18B-20.602,400News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
4.0537 of 5 stars
$32.69
-0.5%
$43.67
+33.6%
-24.5%$3.88B$1.39B-112.724,116News Coverage
Positive News
HGTY
Hagerty
1.7276 of 5 stars
$11.00
-1.7%
$10.00
-9.1%
-6.0%$3.76B$1.20B54.981,744
PLMR
Palomar
4.332 of 5 stars
$120.53
+0.2%
$165.83
+37.6%
+26.3%$3.23B$553.86M21.18150Trending News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
3.9701 of 5 stars
$85.29
-0.9%
$110.91
+30.0%
+11.4%$3.20B$314.51M75.481,580Insider Trade
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
1.6607 of 5 stars
$15.29
+1.6%
$18.56
+21.4%
+70.9%$3.03B$2.70B-54.611,679News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
NMIH
NMI
2.3649 of 5 stars
$38.67
-0.8%
$42.33
+9.5%
+1.4%$3.00B$650.97M8.21234News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
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N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480

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This page (NASDAQ:ROOT) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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