Heritage Insurance (HRTG) Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) 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, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, ROOT or HRTG?

Root has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Insurance has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ROOT or HRTG?

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ROOT or HRTG?

Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Root 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
Root	$455M	2.95	-$147.40M	-$1.23	-72.28
Heritage Insurance	$735.50M	0.49	$45.31M	$2.50	4.71

Does the media favor ROOT or HRTG?

In the previous week, Root had 1 more articles in the media than Heritage Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Root and 5 mentions for Heritage Insurance. Heritage Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Root's score of -0.24 indicating that Heritage Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Root	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Heritage Insurance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate ROOT or HRTG?

Root currently has a consensus price target of $59.13, indicating a potential downside of 33.50%. Heritage Insurance has a consensus price target of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 9.45%. Given Heritage Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Root.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Root	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Heritage Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ROOT or HRTG more profitable?

Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 29.17% beat Root's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Root	-1.56%	-9.81%	-1.12%
Heritage Insurance	9.10%	29.17%	3.12%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROOT or HRTG?

Heritage Insurance received 285 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.24% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 28.42% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Root	Outperform Votes 27 28.42%	Underperform Votes 68 71.58%
Heritage Insurance	Outperform Votes 312 66.24%	Underperform Votes 159 33.76%

Summary

Heritage Insurance beats Root on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.