Head to Head Contrast: Scor (OTCMKTS:SCRYY) & Hippo (NYSE:HIPO)

Scor (OTCMKTS:SCRYY) and Hippo (NYSE:HIPO) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Scor and Hippo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scor	5.63%	20.01%	2.37%
Hippo	21.30%	-5.89%	-1.28%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Scor and Hippo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scor	0	2	2	2	3.00
Hippo	1	1	4	1	2.71

Hippo has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.93%. Given Hippo’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hippo is more favorable than Scor.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Scor and Hippo”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scor	$17.45 billion	0.31	$4.33 million	$0.54	5.65
Hippo	$372.10 million	2.07	-$40.50 million	$3.62	8.39

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.0% of Hippo shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Hippo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Scor has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hippo has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hippo beats Scor on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scor

SCOR SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides life and non-life reinsurance products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, SCOR P&C and SCOR L&H. The SCOR P&C segment offers reinsurance products in the areas of property, motors, casualty treaties, credit and surety, decennial insurance, aviation, marine and energy, engineering, agricultural risks, and property catastrophes; specialties insurance products, including business solutions, political and credit risks, cyber, and environmental liability; and business ventures and partnerships. The SCOR L&H segment provides life reinsurance products, such as protection for mortality, morbidity, behavioral risks, disability, long-term care, critical illness, medical, and personal accident. This segment also provides financial solutions that combine traditional life reinsurance with financial components and provide liquidity, balance sheet, solvency, and income improvements to clients; longevity solutions that include products covering the risk of negative deviation from expected results due to the insured or annuitant living longer than assumed in the pricing of insurance covers provided by insurers or pension funds; and distribution solutions. In addition, it is involved in the asset management business. SCOR SE was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

About Hippo

Hippo Holdings Inc. provides property and casualty insurance products to individuals and business customers primarily in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Services, Insurance-as-a-Service, and Hippo Home Insurance Program. Its insurance products include homeowners' insurance against risks of fire, wind, and theft, as well as other personal lines policies from third party carriers; and personal and commercial, as well as home, auto, cyber, small business, life, specialty lines, and other insurance products. The company distributes insurance products and services through its technology platform and website, as well as operates licensed insurance agencies. Hippo Holdings Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.