Tiptree (TIPT) Competitors

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

Is HRTG or TIPT more profitable?

Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Tiptree's net margin of 2.05%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 29.17% beat Tiptree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Insurance	9.10%	29.17%	3.12%
Tiptree	2.05%	11.50%	1.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HRTG or TIPT?

Heritage Insurance received 130 more outperform votes than Tiptree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.91% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Heritage Insurance	Outperform Votes 312 66.24%	Underperform Votes 159 33.76%
Tiptree	Outperform Votes 182 66.91%	Underperform Votes 90 33.09%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HRTG or TIPT?

Heritage Insurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tiptree. Heritage Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tiptree, 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
Heritage Insurance	$735.50M	0.49	$45.31M	$2.50	4.71
Tiptree	$1.99B	0.42	$13.95M	$0.97	22.94

Does the media prefer HRTG or TIPT?

In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 2 more articles in the media than Tiptree. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 3 mentions for Tiptree. Heritage Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Tiptree's score of 0.26 indicating that Heritage Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Heritage Insurance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tiptree	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HRTG or TIPT?

59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Tiptree shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Tiptree shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HRTG or TIPT?

Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tiptree has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HRTG or TIPT?

Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 9.45%. Given Heritage Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Tiptree.

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
Tiptree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Heritage Insurance beats Tiptree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.