HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) vs. Cheche Group (NASDAQ:CCG) Critical Comparison

Cheche Group (NASDAQ:CCG) and HCI Group (NYSE:HCI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Cheche Group has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCI Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.8% of Cheche Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of HCI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cheche Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of HCI Group 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.

Profitability

This table compares Cheche Group and HCI Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheche Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
HCI Group	32.60%	28.80%	12.25%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Cheche Group and HCI Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheche Group	1	2	0	0	1.67
HCI Group	0	2	5	0	2.71

HCI Group has a consensus price target of $241.67, indicating a potential upside of 37.01%. Given HCI Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HCI Group is more favorable than Cheche Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cheche Group and HCI Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheche Group	$430.40 million	0.06	-$2.47 million	($2.80)	-4.62
HCI Group	$900.95 million	2.44	$299.01 million	$23.20	7.60

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

Summary

HCI Group beats Cheche Group on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cheche Group

Cheche Group Inc. offer auto insurance technology platform. The company evolved into a comprehensive, data-driven technology platform which offers a full suite of services and products for digital insurance transactions and insurance SaaS solutions principally in China. Cheche Group Inc., formerly known as Prime Impact, is headquartered in Beijing, China.

About HCI Group

HCI Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the property and casualty insurance, insurance management, reinsurance, real estate, and information technology businesses in Florida. It provides residential insurance products, such as homeowners, fire, flood, and wind-only insurance to homeowners, condominium owners, and tenants for properties, as well as offers reinsurance programs. The company also owns and operates waterfront properties and retail shopping centers, and an office building, as well as commercial properties for investment purposes. In addition, it designs and develops web-based applications and products for mobile devices, including SAMS, an online policy administration platform; Harmony, a policy administration platform; ClaimColony, an end-to-end claims management platform; and AtlasViewer, a mapping and data visualization platform. The company was formerly known as Homeowners Choice, Inc. and changed its name to HCI Group, Inc. in May 2013. HCI Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.