MBIA (MBI) Competitors

MBIA (NYSE:MBI) and Safety Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SAFT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MBI or SAFT?

Safety Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safety Insurance Group, 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
MBIA	-$27M	-11.89	-$487M	-$11.30	-0.56
Safety Insurance Group	$1.08B	1.15	$18.88M	$5.05	16.69

Which has more volatility and risk, MBI or SAFT?

MBIA has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MBI or SAFT?

MBIA presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.31%. Given MBIA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MBIA is more favorable than Safety Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MBIA	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Safety Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MBI or SAFT?

61.0% of MBIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MBIA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MBI or SAFT?

MBIA received 206 more outperform votes than Safety Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.64% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 56.64% of users gave Safety Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MBIA	Outperform Votes 351 69.64%	Underperform Votes 153 30.36%
Safety Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 145 56.64%	Underperform Votes 111 43.36%

Is MBI or SAFT more profitable?

Safety Insurance Group has a net margin of 6.86% compared to MBIA's net margin of 0.00%. Safety Insurance Group's return on equity of 6.35% beat MBIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MBIA	N/A	N/A	-7.02%
Safety Insurance Group	6.86%	6.35%	2.41%

Does the media favor MBI or SAFT?

In the previous week, Safety Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than MBIA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Safety Insurance Group and 2 mentions for MBIA. Safety Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat MBIA's score of 0.89 indicating that Safety Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MBIA	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Safety Insurance Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Safety Insurance Group beats MBIA on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.