Root (ROOT) Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ROOT or VOYA?

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ROOT or VOYA more profitable?

Voya Financial has a net margin of 8.29% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Voya Financial's return on equity of 14.10% beat Root's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Root	-1.56%	-9.81%	-1.12%
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ROOT or VOYA?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Root, 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
Root	$1.18B	1.72	-$147.40M	$1.71	78.29
Voya Financial	$7.89B	0.85	$667M	$6.12	11.50

Which has more volatility and risk, ROOT or VOYA?

Root has a beta of 2.48, indicating that its stock price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ROOT or VOYA?

In the previous week, Root and Root both had 4 articles in the media. Root's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.43 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Root	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Voya Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ROOT or VOYA?

Root presently has a consensus price target of $88.33, indicating a potential downside of 34.02%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $83.55, indicating a potential upside of 18.73%. Given Voya Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Root.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Root	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Voya Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROOT or VOYA?

Voya Financial received 585 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.73% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 27.45% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Root	Outperform Votes 28 27.45%	Underperform Votes 74 72.55%
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 613 67.73%	Underperform Votes 292 32.27%

Summary

Voya Financial beats Root on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.