AMBC vs. NMIH, MBI, ORI, ESNT, MTG, RDN, AGO, HTGC, GRP.U, and CNO
Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include NMI (NMIH), MBIA (MBI), Old Republic International (ORI), Essent Group (ESNT), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), and CNO Financial Group (CNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) and NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of NMI shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of NMI 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.
Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NMI has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambac Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.22%. NMI has a consensus target price of $35.56, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Given Ambac Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than NMI.
In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than NMI. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 1 mentions for NMI. NMI's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Ambac Financial Group's score of 1.10 indicating that NMI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NMI has higher revenue and earnings than Ambac Financial Group. NMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ambac Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NMI has a net margin of 56.26% compared to Ambac Financial Group's net margin of 18.09%. NMI's return on equity of 18.09% beat Ambac Financial Group's return on equity.
NMI received 405 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.22% of users gave NMI an outperform vote while only 8.70% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.
Summary
NMI beats Ambac Financial Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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