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Roots (ROOT) Competitors

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C$3.08 +0.02 (+0.65%)
As of 07/15/2025 12:53 PM Eastern

ROOT vs. STC, CNC, PIH, KFS, AXV, MXX, ANK, AGO, BRO, and FAF

Should you be buying Roots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roots include Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Axion Ventures (AXV), MATRRIX Energy Technologies (MXX), Angkor Resources (ANK), Big Tree Carbon (AGO), Barksdale Resources (BRO), and Fire & Flower (FAF). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Roots vs. Its Competitors

Sangoma Technologies (TSE:STC) and Roots (TSE:ROOT) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

In the previous week, Sangoma Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Roots. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sangoma Technologies and 0 mentions for Roots. Sangoma Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Roots'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sangoma Technologies Neutral
Roots Neutral

Roots has higher revenue and earnings than Sangoma Technologies. Sangoma Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sangoma TechnologiesC$174.58M1.12-C$4.90M-C$0.29-28.42
RootsC$261.62M0.48C$2.89MC$0.0743.05

Sangoma Technologies has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roots has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Roots has a net margin of 1.11% compared to Sangoma Technologies' net margin of -2.81%. Roots' return on equity of 1.58% beat Sangoma Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sangoma Technologies-2.81% -2.61% -0.16%
Roots 1.11%1.58%2.29%

Sangoma Technologies currently has a consensus target price of C$11.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.63%. Roots has a consensus target price of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.75%. Given Sangoma Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sangoma Technologies is more favorable than Roots.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sangoma Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Roots
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

38.4% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of Sangoma Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Roots shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Roots beats Sangoma Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ROOT vs. The Competition

MetricRootsApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$124.58MC$5.49BC$3.39BC$6.20B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%3.53%6.72%
P/E Ratio43.0559.5174.6054.33
Price / Sales0.4864.6371.701,145.76
Price / Cash14.2227.2831.1683.29
Price / Book0.694.463.754.86
Net IncomeC$2.89MC$256.81MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.36%-2.33%-0.21%0.54%
1 Month Performance-7.23%0.78%1.99%3.39%
1 Year Performance50.24%20.00%2,623.23%23.34%

Roots Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROOT
Roots
1.2466 of 5 stars
C$3.08
+0.7%
C$3.75
+21.8%
+48.1%C$124.58MC$261.62M43.05760
STC
Sangoma Technologies
1.6562 of 5 stars
C$8.75
+1.6%
C$11.50
+31.4%
+103.5%C$209.95MC$174.58M-30.621,342
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.87
-1.1%
N/A-26.5%C$157.35MN/A-17.7274,300News Coverage
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080
MXX
MATRRIX Energy Technologies
N/AC$0.31
+3.3%
N/A+0.0%C$40.80MC$23.15M-16.32122
ANK
Angkor Resources
N/AC$0.18
-7.7%
N/A+62.5%C$33.20MN/A-18.00N/ANegative News
Gap Down
AGO
Big Tree Carbon
N/AC$0.15
flat
N/A+0.0%C$16.91MN/A-7.89410
BRO
Barksdale Resources
N/AC$0.11
-4.5%
N/A-23.3%C$13.78MN/A-3.2015,200Gap Down
FAF
Fire & Flower
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$13.09MC$170.21M-0.1421,200Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:ROOT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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