Hagerty (HGTY) Competitors

Equitable (NYSE:EQH) and Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EQH or HGTY?

Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than Hagerty. Equitable 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
Equitable	$10.53B	1.39	$1.30B	-$1.09	-42.86
Hagerty	$1.16B	3.26	$20.23M	$0.11	100.55

Does the media favor EQH or HGTY?

In the previous week, Equitable had 7 more articles in the media than Hagerty. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Equitable and 2 mentions for Hagerty. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Hagerty's score of 0.60 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equitable	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hagerty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EQH or HGTY?

Equitable received 266 more outperform votes than Hagerty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hagerty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equitable	Outperform Votes 266 60.73%	Underperform Votes 172 39.27%
Hagerty	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 7 100.00%

Is EQH or HGTY more profitable?

Hagerty has a net margin of 5.27% compared to Equitable's net margin of -2.64%. Equitable's return on equity of 76.47% beat Hagerty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equitable	-2.64%	76.47%	0.68%
Hagerty	5.27%	12.06%	3.26%

Which has more volatility & risk, EQH or HGTY?

Equitable has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hagerty has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EQH or HGTY?

Equitable currently has a consensus target price of $48.70, indicating a potential upside of 4.24%. Hagerty has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Equitable is more favorable than Hagerty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equitable	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Hagerty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EQH or HGTY?

92.7% of Equitable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Hagerty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Hagerty shares are held 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.

Summary

Equitable beats Hagerty on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.