Root (ROOT) Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Oscar Health (NYSE:OSCR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ROOT or OSCR?

Root has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oscar Health. Oscar Health 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	$455M	2.97	-$147.40M	-$1.23	-72.82
Oscar Health	$5.86B	0.70	-$270.73M	-$0.06	-276.64

Do analysts rate ROOT or OSCR?

Root presently has a consensus target price of $59.38, indicating a potential downside of 33.71%. Oscar Health has a consensus target price of $21.56, indicating a potential upside of 29.89%. Given Oscar Health's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oscar Health is more favorable than Root.

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
Oscar Health	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more volatility and risk, ROOT or OSCR?

Root has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oscar Health has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROOT or OSCR more profitable?

Oscar Health has a net margin of 0.35% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Oscar Health's return on equity of 2.79% beat Root's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Root	-1.56%	-9.81%	-1.12%
Oscar Health	0.35%	2.79%	0.66%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ROOT or OSCR?

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Oscar Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Oscar Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ROOT or OSCR?

In the previous week, Oscar Health had 1 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Oscar Health and 4 mentions for Root. Oscar Health's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Root's score of 0.47 indicating that Oscar Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Root	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Oscar Health	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROOT or OSCR?

Oscar Health received 10 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.06% of users gave Oscar Health an outperform vote while only 27.55% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Root	Outperform Votes 27 27.55%	Underperform Votes 71 72.45%
Oscar Health	Outperform Votes 37 56.06%	Underperform Votes 29 43.94%

Summary

Oscar Health beats Root on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.