AMBC vs. MBI, ORI, ESNT, MTG, RDN, AGO, NMIH, GSHD, PSEC, and SNEX
Should you be buying Ambac Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambac Financial Group include MBIA (MBI), Old Republic International (ORI), Essent Group (ESNT), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Prospect Capital (PSEC), and StoneX Group (SNEX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) and MBIA (NYSE:MBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Ambac Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than MBIA. MBIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ambac Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ambac Financial Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MBIA has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambac Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.71%. MBIA has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.64%. Given Ambac Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ambac Financial Group is more favorable than MBIA.
In the previous week, Ambac Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than MBIA. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ambac Financial Group and 1 mentions for MBIA. Ambac Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat MBIA's score of 0.00 indicating that Ambac Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ambac Financial Group has a net margin of 18.09% compared to MBIA's net margin of -425.26%. Ambac Financial Group's return on equity of 10.69% beat MBIA's return on equity.
MBIA received 348 more outperform votes than Ambac Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave MBIA an outperform vote while only 8.70% of users gave Ambac Financial Group an outperform vote.
84.5% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of MBIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ambac Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of MBIA shares are owned 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.
Summary
Ambac Financial Group beats MBIA on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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