HCI Group (HCI) Competitors $111.98 -2.52 (-2.20%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends HCI vs. AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, EIG, SAFT, AMSF, PRA, UFCS, and UVEShould you be buying HCI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCI Group include Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Universal Insurance (UVE). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry. HCI Group vs. Assured Guaranty Mercury General Hilltop Stewart Information Services Employers Safety Insurance Group AMERISAFE ProAssurance United Fire Group Universal Insurance HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) and Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk. Which has more volatility and risk, HCI or AGO? HCI Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor HCI or AGO? In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 17 more articles in the media than HCI Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 5 mentions for HCI Group. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat HCI Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment HCI Group 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Assured Guaranty 10 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate HCI or AGO? HCI Group presently has a consensus target price of $140.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.02%. Assured Guaranty has a consensus target price of $96.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Given HCI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Assured Guaranty.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score HCI Group 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.80Assured Guaranty 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Do insiders & institutionals believe in HCI or AGO? 87.0% of HCI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of HCI Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HCI or AGO? Assured Guaranty received 151 more outperform votes than HCI Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 61.75% of users gave HCI Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHCI GroupOutperform Votes24761.75% Underperform Votes15338.25% Assured GuarantyOutperform Votes39866.89% Underperform Votes19733.11% Is HCI or AGO more profitable? Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to HCI Group's net margin of 19.37%. HCI Group's return on equity of 34.17% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets HCI Group19.37% 34.17% 7.44% Assured Guaranty 70.37%11.58%5.39% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HCI or AGO? Assured Guaranty has higher revenue and earnings than HCI Group. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHCI Group$550.67M2.14$79.03M$11.979.36Assured Guaranty$846M5.48$739M$12.877.07 Is HCI or AGO a better dividend stock? HCI Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. HCI Group pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assured Guaranty pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SummaryAssured Guaranty beats HCI Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad WealthPressHow one pattern has averaged an 85% return per year since the pandemic. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HCI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHCI GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.18B$45.27B$11.00B$19.82BDividend Yield1.42%7.51%5.94%3.50%P/E Ratio9.3610.6328.4842.29Price / Sales2.141.9345.0420.83Price / Cash12.0219.5618.4921.65Price / Book2.532.233.694.66Net Income$79.03M$3.90B$998.34M$983.45M7 Day Performance-5.66%0.99%-0.06%-2.12%1 Month Performance-4.10%5.10%1.86%-0.39%1 Year Performance33.82%52.67%24.78%23.34% HCI Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HCIHCI Group4.5863 of 5 stars$111.98-2.2%$140.00+25.0%+37.7%$1.18B$550.67M9.36530Short Interest ↓AGOAssured Guaranty4.1779 of 5 stars$91.54+2.9%N/A+38.9%$4.82B$1.37B7.11410Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageMCYMercury General4.092 of 5 stars$73.37-1.4%N/A+102.4%$4.12B$4.63B7.274,100HTHHilltop4.493 of 5 stars$32.28-0.7%N/A+4.7%$2.10B$1.57B19.803,820Short Interest ↓STCStewart Information Services2.5239 of 5 stars$72.53-0.5%N/A+62.4%$2.02B$2.26B34.216,800Positive NewsEIGEmployers2.2144 of 5 stars$53.20-0.2%N/A+39.4%$1.32B$850.90M9.96717Analyst DowngradeShort Interest ↓SAFTSafety Insurance Group3.6483 of 5 stars$85.02-1.0%N/A+10.0%$1.27B$930.96M16.84539Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsAMSFAMERISAFE2.6905 of 5 stars$58.29-1.7%N/A+17.2%$1.11B$306.85M18.22350Short Interest ↑Positive NewsPRAProAssurance4.493 of 5 stars$16.81-2.1%N/A+28.6%$878.35M$1.14B20.251,094Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑UFCSUnited Fire Group2.947 of 5 stars$25.03-1.6%N/A+28.4%$644.70M$1.10B12.90852News CoveragePositive NewsUVEUniversal Insurance4.8984 of 5 stars$22.35-0.3%N/A+35.7%$633.89M$1.39B9.091,244Insider SellingShort Interest ↓News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Assured Guaranty Competitors Mercury General Competitors Hilltop Competitors Stewart Information Services Competitors Employers Competitors Safety Insurance Group Competitors AMERISAFE Competitors ProAssurance Competitors United Fire Group Competitors Universal Insurance Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:HCI) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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