LMND vs. THG, WTM, KMPR, MCY, SPNT, PLMR, HG, FIHL, SKWD, and HMN
Should you be buying Lemonade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lemonade include The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Kemper (KMPR), Mercury General (MCY), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Palomar (PLMR), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), and Horace Mann Educators (HMN). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) and Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a net margin of 2.67% compared to The Hanover Insurance Group's net margin of -48.14%. Lemonade's return on equity of 7.00% beat The Hanover Insurance Group's return on equity.
The Hanover Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of $146.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Lemonade has a consensus target price of $18.86, suggesting a potential upside of 14.22%. Given The Hanover Insurance Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lemonade is more favorable than The Hanover Insurance Group.
The Hanover Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lemonade has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Hanover Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Lemonade. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Hanover Insurance Group and 3 mentions for Lemonade. Lemonade's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat The Hanover Insurance Group's score of 0.20 indicating that The Hanover Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.6% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Lemonade shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of The Hanover Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Lemonade shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Hanover Insurance Group received 333 more outperform votes than Lemonade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave The Hanover Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 30.23% of users gave Lemonade an outperform vote.
The Hanover Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lemonade. Lemonade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hanover Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hanover Insurance Group beats Lemonade on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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