AMBC vs. FIHL, CLOV, HG, TRUP, SKWD, ROOT, IGIC, BOW, TIPT, and SLQT
Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Trupanion (TRUP), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Root (ROOT), International General Insurance (IGIC), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), Tiptree (TIPT), and SelectQuote (SLQT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Ambac Financial Group vs.
Fidelis Insurance (NYSE:FIHL) and Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelis Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 2 mentions for Fidelis Insurance. Fidelis Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Ambac Financial Group's score of 1.20 indicating that Fidelis Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.0% of Fidelis Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ambac Financial Group 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.
Fidelis Insurance has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of -6.28%. Fidelis Insurance's return on equity of 15.27% beat Ambac Financial Group's return on equity.
Fidelis Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $20.86, indicating a potential upside of 26.03%. Ambac Financial Group has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.46%. Given Ambac Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than Fidelis Insurance.
Fidelis Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Ambac Financial Group. Ambac Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelis Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidelis Insurance has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelis Insurance received 13 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Fidelis Insurance an outperform vote while only 14.81% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Fidelis Insurance beats Ambac Financial Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMBC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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