Heritage Insurance (HRTG) Competitors

Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) and Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HRTG or ROOT?

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
Heritage Insurance	$735.50M	0.46	$45.31M	$2.50	4.45
Root	$455M	2.83	-$147.40M	-$1.23	-69.36

Is HRTG or ROOT 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
Heritage Insurance	9.10%	29.17%	3.12%
Root	-1.56%	-9.81%	-1.12%

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

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

Do analysts prefer HRTG or ROOT?

Heritage Insurance currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.31%. Root has a consensus target price of $59.38, suggesting a potential downside of 30.40%. Given Heritage Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Heritage Insurance is more favorable than Root.

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
Root	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more risk & volatility, HRTG or ROOT?

Heritage Insurance has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HRTG or ROOT?

Heritage Insurance received 286 more outperform votes than Root when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Heritage Insurance an outperform vote while only 27.55% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Heritage Insurance	Outperform Votes 313 66.31%	Underperform Votes 159 33.69%
Root	Outperform Votes 27 27.55%	Underperform Votes 71 72.45%

Does the media favor HRTG or ROOT?

In the previous week, Root had 3 more articles in the media than Heritage Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Root and 0 mentions for Heritage Insurance. Root's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Root is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Heritage Insurance	Neutral
Root	Neutral

Summary

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