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Ambac Financial Group (AMBC) Competitors

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$7.08 +0.08 (+1.14%)
As of 03:09 PM Eastern

AMBC vs. IGIC, TIPT, HRTG, HIPO, SLQT, TWFG, WDH, MCG, NODK, and GOCO

Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include International General Insurance (IGIC), Tiptree (TIPT), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Hippo (HIPO), SelectQuote (SLQT), TWFG (TWFG), Waterdrop (WDH), Membership Collective Group (MCG), NI (NODK), and GoHealth (GOCO). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Ambac Financial Group vs.

Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) and International General Insurance (NASDAQ:IGIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.

International General Insurance received 7 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.57% of users gave International General Insurance an outperform vote while only 14.81% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ambac Financial GroupOutperform Votes
4
14.81%
Underperform Votes
23
85.19%
International General InsuranceOutperform Votes
11
78.57%
Underperform Votes
3
21.43%

84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of International General Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of International General Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ambac Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 143.66%. International General Insurance has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.12%. Given Ambac Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than International General Insurance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ambac Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
International General Insurance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

International General Insurance has a net margin of 26.24% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of -6.28%. International General Insurance's return on equity of 22.78% beat Ambac Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ambac Financial Group-6.28% 2.51% 0.43%
International General Insurance 26.24%22.78%6.93%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ambac Financial Group$235.82M1.37$4M-$10.45-0.67
International General Insurance$525.95M2.13$118.19M$2.998.29

In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than International General Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 5 mentions for International General Insurance. International General Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Ambac Financial Group's score of 1.09 indicating that International General Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ambac Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
International General Insurance
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International General Insurance has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

International General Insurance beats Ambac Financial Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AMBC vs. The Competition

MetricAmbac Financial GroupSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$322.63M$2.99B$10.85B$18.52B
Dividend YieldN/A2.50%6.00%4.22%
P/E Ratio-15.175.5921.5831.15
Price / Sales1.373.3225.4425.69
Price / Cash4.808.2217.6117.53
Price / Book0.221.022.574.29
Net Income$4M$396.79M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.19%-0.46%0.14%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-16.49%-3.94%-3.46%-6.88%
1 Year Performance-50.97%0.85%534.69%1.74%

Ambac Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
4.1456 of 5 stars
$7.08
+1.1%
$17.00
+140.1%
-51.3%$327.39M$235.82M-15.39130Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
IGIC
International General Insurance
4.1236 of 5 stars
$24.41
+1.2%
$31.50
+29.0%
+85.5%$1.10B$525.95M7.98290Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TIPT
Tiptree
1.6004 of 5 stars
$22.02
+1.6%
N/A+40.2%$820.44M$2.04B22.701,470Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
3.9654 of 5 stars
$17.54
+8.1%
$12.50
-28.7%
+83.6%$751.41M$816.99M7.02650News Coverage
Positive News
HIPO
Hippo
1.3921 of 5 stars
$23.19
+3.9%
$28.67
+23.6%
+13.3%$581.65M$372.10M-4.45620Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
SLQT
SelectQuote
2.8117 of 5 stars
$3.17
+0.6%
$4.25
+34.1%
+89.4%$545.70M$1.46B-35.224,370Positive News
TWFG
TWFG
N/A$32.41
+3.7%
$33.00
+1.8%
N/A$483.04M$193.72M0.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
WDH
Waterdrop
1.4142 of 5 stars
$1.28
+5.4%
N/A+4.5%$471.96M$2.77B10.632,960Short Interest ↑
MCG
Membership Collective Group
N/A$5.23
+2.8%
N/A-20.5%$305.53M$972.21M-4.224,300
NODK
NI
0.2487 of 5 stars
$12.93
-1.2%
N/A-11.6%$267.42M$325.20M-46.18210Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
GOCO
GoHealth
1.6529 of 5 stars
$10.44
-2.1%
$13.00
+24.5%
+8.5%$240.21M$798.89M-2.985,450Positive News
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This page (NYSE:AMBC) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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