HRTG vs. IGIC, BOW, SLQT, HIPO, TIPT, AMBC, WDH, MCG, TWFG, and GOCO
Should you be buying Heritage Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Insurance include International General Insurance (IGIC), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), SelectQuote (SLQT), Hippo (HIPO), Tiptree (TIPT), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Waterdrop (WDH), Membership Collective Group (MCG), TWFG (TWFG), and GoHealth (GOCO). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Heritage Insurance vs.
Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and International General Insurance (NASDAQ:IGIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Heritage Insurance received 304 more outperform votes than International General Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave International General Insurance an outperform vote while only 66.31% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of International General Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of International General Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Heritage Insurance has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International General Insurance has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International General Insurance has a net margin of 26.24% compared to Heritage Insurance's net margin of 9.10%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 29.17% beat International General Insurance's return on equity.
In the previous week, International General Insurance had 1 more articles in the media than Heritage Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International General Insurance and 1 mentions for Heritage Insurance. Heritage Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat International General Insurance's score of 0.19 indicating that Heritage Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Insurance currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. International General Insurance has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. Given Heritage Insurance's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than International General Insurance.
International General Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Heritage Insurance. Heritage Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International General Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International General Insurance beats Heritage Insurance on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HRTG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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