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Ambac Financial Group (AMBC) Competitors

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$12.30 -0.08 (-0.65%)
(As of 10:17 AM ET)

AMBC vs. ALHC, TRUP, SKWD, HG, CLOV, ROOT, IGIC, BOW, TIPT, and HIPO

Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Trupanion (TRUP), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Root (ROOT), International General Insurance (IGIC), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), Tiptree (TIPT), and Hippo (HIPO). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Ambac Financial Group vs.

Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) and Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Alignment Healthcare received 49 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Alignment Healthcare an outperform vote while only 14.81% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alignment HealthcareOutperform Votes
53
61.63%
Underperform Votes
33
38.37%
Ambac Financial GroupOutperform Votes
4
14.81%
Underperform Votes
23
85.19%

86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Alignment Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alignment Healthcare has a net margin of -5.84% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of -6.28%. Ambac Financial Group's return on equity of 2.51% beat Alignment Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alignment Healthcare-5.84% -108.69% -21.89%
Ambac Financial Group -6.28%2.51%0.43%

Alignment Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $10.33, indicating a potential downside of 12.21%. Ambac Financial Group has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.21%. Given Ambac Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than Alignment Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alignment Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Ambac Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

In the previous week, Alignment Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than Ambac Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alignment Healthcare and 7 mentions for Ambac Financial Group. Alignment Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Ambac Financial Group's score of -0.29 indicating that Alignment Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alignment Healthcare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ambac Financial Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ambac Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alignment Healthcare. Ambac Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alignment Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alignment Healthcare$1.82B1.24-$148.02M-$0.77-15.29
Ambac Financial Group$269M2.17$4M-$0.46-26.74

Summary

Alignment Healthcare beats Ambac Financial Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMBC vs. The Competition

MetricAmbac Financial GroupSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$583.51M$3.94B$10.51B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%10.13%3.49%
P/E Ratio-26.745.1346.2836.63
Price / Sales2.179.373,473.7917.98
Price / Cash5.098.7630.6021.28
Price / Book0.350.974.084.58
Net Income$4M$354.96M$1.02B$985.06M
7 Day Performance1.65%1.56%0.04%0.51%
1 Month Performance4.68%7.44%7.24%1.13%
1 Year Performance-17.14%23.92%24.26%24.80%

Ambac Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
3.8412 of 5 stars
$12.30
-0.6%
$17.00
+38.2%
-15.7%$583.51M$269M-26.74130
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
0.9323 of 5 stars
$11.77
-1.5%
$10.33
-12.2%
+78.6%$2.26B$1.82B0.001,536Gap Up
TRUP
Trupanion
2.2273 of 5 stars
$51.31
-1.0%
$44.67
-12.9%
+95.0%$2.17B$1.11B-161.941,142Positive News
SKWD
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group
3.5107 of 5 stars
$51.98
+1.1%
$46.89
-9.8%
+71.4%$2.08B$885.97M15.68400
HG
Hamilton Insurance Group
2.0494 of 5 stars
$18.62
flat
$21.43
+15.1%
+23.8%$1.89B$1.57B4.17550
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
1.3658 of 5 stars
$3.34
-0.3%
$4.00
+19.8%
+236.8%$1.67B$2.03B0.00552
ROOT
Root
2.0455 of 5 stars
$101.84
-2.8%
$59.13
-41.9%
+980.1%$1.54B$455M0.00760Insider Trade
IGIC
International General Insurance
2.0347 of 5 stars
$25.59
+4.3%
$28.00
+9.4%
+110.8%$1.18B$472M8.02290Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
1.604 of 5 stars
$35.40
+0.7%
$31.40
-11.3%
N/A$1.16BN/A0.00193Lockup Expiration
TIPT
Tiptree
2.695 of 5 stars
$21.51
+0.2%
N/A+18.2%$797.16M$1.65B22.121,132Ex-Dividend
HIPO
Hippo
1.0487 of 5 stars
$29.20
+1.5%
$24.67
-15.5%
+241.6%$711.31M$209.70M0.00620Short Interest ↓
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This page (NYSE:AMBC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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