Hagerty (HGTY) Competitors

Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HGTY or KNSL?

Kinsale Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hagerty. Kinsale Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hagerty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hagerty	$1.19B	2.48	$20.23M	$0.09	96.11
Kinsale Capital Group	$1.59B	7.15	$414.84M	$17.79	27.41

Do analysts prefer HGTY or KNSL?

Hagerty presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.39%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus target price of $468.56, indicating a potential downside of 3.91%. Given Hagerty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hagerty is more favorable than Kinsale Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hagerty	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Kinsale Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Is HGTY or KNSL more profitable?

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Hagerty's net margin of 5.27%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.04% beat Hagerty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hagerty	5.27%	12.06%	3.26%
Kinsale Capital Group	26.13%	28.04%	8.31%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HGTY or KNSL?

Kinsale Capital Group received 318 more outperform votes than Hagerty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hagerty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hagerty	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 9 100.00%
Kinsale Capital Group	Outperform Votes 318 66.95%	Underperform Votes 157 33.05%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HGTY or KNSL?

20.5% of Hagerty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Hagerty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HGTY or KNSL?

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 4 more articles in the media than Hagerty. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 13 mentions for Hagerty. Kinsale Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Hagerty's score of 0.34 indicating that Kinsale Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hagerty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kinsale Capital Group	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HGTY or KNSL?

Hagerty has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Hagerty on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.