EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER) and Everest Group (NYSE:EG) Head to Head Comparison

EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER) and Everest Group (NYSE:EG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for EverQuote and Everest Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EverQuote	0	1	3	2	3.17
Everest Group	1	12	5	0	2.22

EverQuote currently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.87%. Everest Group has a consensus price target of $367.87, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given EverQuote’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EverQuote is more favorable than Everest Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.5% of EverQuote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Everest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.5% of EverQuote shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Everest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares EverQuote and Everest Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EverQuote	8.36%	38.19%	25.60%
Everest Group	3.12%	3.74%	0.92%

Risk & Volatility

EverQuote has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares EverQuote and Everest Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EverQuote	$500.19 million	1.93	$32.17 million	$1.43	18.73
Everest Group	$17.28 billion	0.82	$1.37 billion	$13.13	25.61

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

Summary

EverQuote beats Everest Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EverQuote

EverQuote, Inc. operates an online marketplace for insurance shopping in the United States. The company offers auto, home and renters, and life insurance. The company serves carriers and agents, as well as indirect distributors. The company was formerly known as AdHarmonics, Inc., and changed its name to EverQuote, Inc. in November 2014. EverQuote, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About Everest Group

Everest Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides reinsurance and insurance products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through two segment, Insurance and Reinsurance. The Reinsurance segment writes property and casualty reinsurance; and specialty lines of business through reinsurance brokers, as well as directly with ceding companies in the United States, Bermuda, Ireland, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The Insurance Operations segment writes property and casualty insurance directly, as well as through brokers, surplus lines, and general agents in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Europe, South America, Singapore, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Chile, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The company also provides treaty and facultative reinsurance products; admitted and non-admitted insurance products; and accident and health, specialty underwriters, eversports and entertainment, and surety and credit, marine and aviation, as well as structured and property hybrid solutions. In addition, it offers commercial property and casualty insurance products through wholesale and retail brokers, surplus lines brokers, and program administrators. The company was formerly known as Everest Re Group, Ltd. and changed its name to Everest Group, Ltd. in July 2023.Everest Group, Ltd., was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.