Root vs Slide Insurance
ROOT and SLDE side by side, both in fire, marine, and casualty insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ROOT and SLDE compare
Slide Insurance is the larger company, worth 4.5 times as much as Root ($3.1B against $681M).
On earnings, Slide Insurance is cheaper: it trades at 7.8× trailing earnings, against 9.3× for Root.
Slide Insurance grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (36.5% versus 7.9% for Root).
Slide Insurance keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 38.4% compared with 5.2% at Root.
Slide Insurance pays a dividend yielding 0.27%; Root does not pay one.
Root scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 7 for Slide Insurance), 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 | ROOT | SLDE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $681M | $3.1B |
| Share price | $43.97 | $26.04 |
| Change, 1 year | −51.6% | 54.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −45.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.85 | 0.44 |
| Employees | 1,256 | 504 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.3× | 7.8× (better) |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 2.1× (better) | 2.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 0.7× (better) | 3.9× |
| P/FCF | – | 3.8× |
| FCF yield | – | 26.0% |
| Fair value | $47.16 | $26.48 |
| Margin of safety | 6.8% (better) | 1.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.9% | 36.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 34.3% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 41.9% | 121% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 46.7% | 102% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 6.7% | – |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 38.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 68.7% |
| Return on equity | 27.4% | 39.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Interest coverage | 5.9× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.16 | 1.70 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.27% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 60.9% | 48.8% |
| Held by insiders | 40.6% | 49.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.1M (better) | −$130M |
| Short interest, % of float | 22.0% | 12.0% |
Go deeper
- ROOT stock overview
- ROOT income statement
- ROOT valuation and score
- SLDE stock overview
- SLDE income statement
- SLDE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.