Definity Financial (DFY) Competitors

E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) and Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELF or DFY?

E-L Financial received 53 more outperform votes than Definity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote while only 45.57% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
E-L Financial	Outperform Votes 89 71.20%	Underperform Votes 36 28.80%
Definity Financial	Outperform Votes 36 45.57%	Underperform Votes 43 54.43%

Is ELF or DFY a better dividend stock?

E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Definity Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. E-L Financial pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Definity Financial pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to ELF or DFY?

In the previous week, Definity Financial had 8 more articles in the media than E-L Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Definity Financial and 1 mentions for E-L Financial. Definity Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat E-L Financial's score of 0.37 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
E-L Financial	Positive
Definity Financial	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ELF or DFY?

16.3% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Definity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ELF or DFY?

E-L Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Definity Financial. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
E-L Financial	C$2.75B	1.38	C$917.63M	C$245.25	4.49
Definity Financial	C$3.86B	1.34	C$350.10M	C$3.00	14.92

Do analysts recommend ELF or DFY?

Definity Financial has a consensus target price of C$48.95, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given E-L Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Definity Financial is more favorable than E-L Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
E-L Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Definity Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ELF or DFY more profitable?

E-L Financial has a net margin of 34.70% compared to E-L Financial's net margin of 9.06%. Definity Financial's return on equity of 13.99% beat E-L Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
E-L Financial	34.70%	13.99%	3.74%
Definity Financial	9.06%	12.52%	4.29%

Summary

E-L Financial beats Definity Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.