Investors Title vs Octave Specialty
ITIC and OSG side by side, both in insurance carriers. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ITIC and OSG compare
Investors Title is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as Octave Specialty ($507M against $227M).
Octave Specialty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (26.8% versus 8.7% for Investors Title).
Investors Title keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.8% compared with −49.6% at Octave Specialty.
Investors Title pays a dividend yielding 3.9%; Octave Specialty does not pay one.
Investors Title scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 4 for Octave Specialty), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ITIC | OSG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $507M | $227M |
| Share price | $268.72 | $5.04 |
| Change, 1 year | 5.4% | −41.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 17.3% | −70.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.81 | 0.72 |
| Employees | 548 | 275 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.6× | – |
| P/S | 1.7× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 1.8× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 19.3× | – |
| PEG | 0.91 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | – |
| Fair value | $243.17 | – |
| Margin of safety | −10.5% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.7% | 26.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.9% | 10.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 22.1% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 22.2% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −2.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 13.8% (better) | −49.6% |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | – |
| Return on equity | 14.6% (better) | −20.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 5.08 (better) | 0.46 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.9% | – |
| Payout ratio | 49.3% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −8.8% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.9% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 48.2% | 66.7% |
| Held by insiders | 1.1% | 6.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $235K (better) | $91.3K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.5% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- ITIC stock overview
- ITIC income statement
- ITIC valuation and score
- OSG stock overview
- OSG income statement
- OSG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.