Hippo (HIPO) Competitors

NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) and Hippo (NYSE:HIPO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NMIH or HIPO?

NMI has higher revenue and earnings than Hippo. Hippo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NMI, 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
NMI	$650.97M	4.20	$360.11M	$4.43	7.87
Hippo	$209.70M	3.15	-$273.10M	-$5.21	-5.20

Which has more risk & volatility, NMIH or HIPO?

NMI has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hippo has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NMIH or HIPO?

In the previous week, Hippo had 1 more articles in the media than NMI. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hippo and 6 mentions for NMI. NMI's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Hippo's score of -0.36 indicating that NMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NMI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hippo	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NMIH or HIPO?

94.1% of NMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Hippo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of NMI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Hippo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer NMIH or HIPO?

NMI currently has a consensus target price of $42.29, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. Hippo has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.34%. Given NMI's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NMI is more favorable than Hippo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NMI	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Hippo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is NMIH or HIPO more profitable?

NMI has a net margin of 55.32% compared to Hippo's net margin of -37.94%. NMI's return on equity of 17.33% beat Hippo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NMI	55.32%	17.33%	11.44%
Hippo	-37.94%	-36.38%	-8.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NMIH or HIPO?

NMI received 405 more outperform votes than Hippo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave NMI an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Hippo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NMI	Outperform Votes 421 64.97%	Underperform Votes 227 35.03%
Hippo	Outperform Votes 16 40.00%	Underperform Votes 24 60.00%

Summary

NMI beats Hippo on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.