FN vs. HCG, MKP, TF, ECN, AI, FC, TII, BCF, FDI, and IGM
Should you be buying First National Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First National Financial include Home Capital Group (HCG), MCAN Mortgage (MKP), Timbercreek Financial (TF), ECN Capital (ECN), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Terra Firma Capital (TII), Builders Capital Mortgage (BCF), Findev (FDI), and IGM Financial (IGM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Home Capital Group (TSE:HCG) and First National Financial (TSE:FN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
First National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Capital Group. Home Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Capital Group has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First National Financial has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First National Financial has a net margin of 34.57% compared to First National Financial's net margin of 33.98%. Home Capital Group's return on equity of 36.66% beat First National Financial's return on equity.
First National Financial has a consensus target price of C$40.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.57%.
Home Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. First National Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Home Capital Group pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First National Financial pays out 55.8% 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.
Home Capital Group received 106 more outperform votes than First National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.99% of users gave Home Capital Group an outperform vote while only 44.16% of users gave First National Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First National Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Home Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First National Financial and 0 mentions for Home Capital Group. Home Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat First National Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that First National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.1% of Home Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.1% of First National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Home Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of First National Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
First National Financial beats Home Capital Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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