MBIA (MBI) Competitors

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

Is MBI or AMSF more profitable?

AMERISAFE has a net margin of 19.49% compared to MBIA's net margin of 0.00%. AMERISAFE's return on equity of 16.50% beat MBIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MBIA	N/A	N/A	-7.02%
AMERISAFE	19.49%	16.50%	4.02%

Does the media favor MBI or AMSF?

In the previous week, MBIA and MBIA both had 1 articles in the media. AMERISAFE's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat MBIA's score of 1.08 indicating that AMERISAFE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MBIA	Positive
AMERISAFE	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MBI or AMSF?

MBIA received 125 more outperform votes than AMERISAFE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave AMERISAFE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MBIA	Outperform Votes 351 69.50%	Underperform Votes 154 30.50%
AMERISAFE	Outperform Votes 226 56.93%	Underperform Votes 171 43.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, MBI or AMSF?

MBIA has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MBI or AMSF?

MBIA presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 33.66%. AMERISAFE has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.64%. Given MBIA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MBIA is more favorable than AMERISAFE.

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
AMERISAFE	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MBI or AMSF?

61.0% of MBIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MBIA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of AMERISAFE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MBI or AMSF?

AMERISAFE has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMERISAFE, 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	$42M	6.06	-$487M	-$9.43	-0.54
AMERISAFE	$309.11M	3.26	$62.11M	$2.89	18.28

Summary

AMERISAFE beats MBIA on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.