IFC vs. FFH, GWO, SLF, NA, POW, MFC, BAM, CM, BNS, and BN
Should you be buying Intact Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intact Financial include Fairfax Financial (FFH), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Sun Life Financial (SLF), National Bank of Canada (NA), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Manulife Financial (MFC), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), and Brookfield (BN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Fairfax Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Intact Financial. Fairfax Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intact Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share. Intact Financial pays out 56.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fairfax Financial pays out 9.6% 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.
Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Intact Financial's net margin of 5.55%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.26% beat Intact Financial's return on equity.
Intact Financial has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intact Financial received 229 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote.
54.4% of Intact Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Intact Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$247.30, indicating a potential upside of 7.69%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus target price of C$1,820.83, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Intact Financial.
In the previous week, Intact Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Intact Financial and 2 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Intact Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Fairfax Financial's score of 0.13 indicating that Intact Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fairfax Financial beats Intact Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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