Heritage Insurance (HRTG) Competitors

Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is HRTG or HG more profitable?

Hamilton Insurance Group has a net margin of 21.88% compared to Heritage Insurance's net margin of 9.10%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 29.17% beat Hamilton Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Insurance	9.10%	29.17%	3.12%
Hamilton Insurance Group	21.88%	21.92%	6.70%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HRTG or HG?

59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HRTG or HG?

Heritage Insurance has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Hamilton Insurance Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HRTG or HG?

Hamilton Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Insurance. Hamilton Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Insurance, 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
Heritage Insurance	$816.99M	0.75	$45.31M	$2.01	7.09
Hamilton Insurance Group	$2.38B	0.90	$258.73M	$3.64	5.81

Does the media prefer HRTG or HG?

In the previous week, Hamilton Insurance Group had 6 more articles in the media than Heritage Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hamilton Insurance Group and 4 mentions for Heritage Insurance. Hamilton Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 1.09 indicating that Hamilton Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Heritage Insurance	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Insurance Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HRTG or HG?

Heritage Insurance received 296 more outperform votes than Hamilton Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.61% of users gave Hamilton Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 66.46% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Heritage Insurance	Outperform Votes 315 66.46%	Underperform Votes 159 33.54%
Hamilton Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 19 82.61%	Underperform Votes 4 17.39%

Do analysts rate HRTG or HG?

Heritage Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.34%. Hamilton Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $23.80, suggesting a potential upside of 12.58%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than Heritage Insurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Hamilton Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Hamilton Insurance Group beats Heritage Insurance on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.