ESNT vs. ORI, MTG, RDN, AGO, NMIH, AMBC, MBI, IRM, KB, and STT
Should you be buying Essent Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essent Group include Old Republic International (ORI), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), MBIA (MBI), Iron Mountain (IRM), KB Financial Group (KB), and State Street (STT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) and Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Essent Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Old Republic International. Essent Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Republic International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Essent Group has a net margin of 61.40% compared to Essent Group's net margin of 9.52%. Old Republic International's return on equity of 14.24% beat Essent Group's return on equity.
Old Republic International has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essent Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essent Group received 193 more outperform votes than Old Republic International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave Old Republic International an outperform vote.
Old Republic International pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Old Republic International pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essent Group pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Old Republic International has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years and Essent Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Old Republic International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Essent Group had 1 more articles in the media than Old Republic International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Essent Group and 4 mentions for Old Republic International. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Old Republic International's score of 0.59 indicating that Old Republic International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Old Republic International presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.99%. Essent Group has a consensus price target of $59.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.50%. Given Essent Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Old Republic International is more favorable than Essent Group.
70.9% of Old Republic International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Essent Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Old Republic International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Essent Group shares are owned 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.
Summary
Essent Group beats Old Republic International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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