Security National Financial (SNFCA) Competitors

Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) and Security National Financial (NASDAQ:SNFCA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TRIN or SNFCA?

24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of Security National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Security National Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TRIN or SNFCA?

Trinity Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.61%. Given Trinity Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than Security National Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Security National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to TRIN or SNFCA?

In the previous week, Trinity Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Security National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trinity Capital and 5 mentions for Security National Financial. Security National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Trinity Capital's score of 1.09 indicating that Security National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Security National Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRIN or SNFCA more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Security National Financial's net margin of 8.92%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.90% beat Security National Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%
Security National Financial	8.92%	9.02%	2.02%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRIN or SNFCA?

Trinity Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Security National Financial. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Security National Financial, 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
Trinity Capital	$175.49M	5.31	$76.89M	$2.06	7.20
Security National Financial	$335.45M	0.74	$14.49M	$1.10	9.15

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRIN or SNFCA?

Security National Financial received 105 more outperform votes than Trinity Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave Security National Financial an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 54 53.47%	Underperform Votes 47 46.53%
Security National Financial	Outperform Votes 159 73.61%	Underperform Votes 57 26.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, TRIN or SNFCA?

Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Security National Financial has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trinity Capital beats Security National Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.