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Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) Competitors

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KFS vs. TIPT, HRTG, HIPO, WDH, AMBC, SLQT, MCG, NODK, KINS, and JRVR

Should you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Tiptree (TIPT), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Hippo (HIPO), Waterdrop (WDH), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), SelectQuote (SLQT), Membership Collective Group (MCG), NI (NODK), Kingstone Companies (KINS), and James River Group (JRVR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kingsway Financial Services vs.

Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) and Tiptree (NASDAQ:TIPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

In the previous week, Tiptree had 1 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tiptree and 3 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services. Tiptree's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Kingsway Financial Services' score of 0.27 indicating that Tiptree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kingsway Financial Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Tiptree
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tiptree has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -3.63%. Tiptree's return on equity of 11.50% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsway Financial Services-3.63% -7.83% -0.74%
Tiptree 2.05%11.50%1.33%

Kingsway Financial Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tiptree.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingsway Financial Services$114.52M2.73$23.56MN/AN/A
Tiptree$2.04B0.40$13.95M$1.2018.12

72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Tiptree shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Tiptree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Tiptree received 60 more outperform votes than Kingsway Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Tiptree an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Kingsway Financial Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kingsway Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
122
60.10%
Underperform Votes
81
39.90%
TiptreeOutperform Votes
182
66.67%
Underperform Votes
91
33.33%

Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tiptree has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tiptree beats Kingsway Financial Services on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KFS vs. The Competition

MetricKingsway Financial ServicesFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$312.60M$47.45B$11.49B$19.38B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%5.46%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A12.3222.4834.23
Price / Sales2.736.5427.2834.85
Price / CashN/A16.8117.6217.51
Price / Book13.052.382.794.69
Net Income$23.56M$4.16B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance21.54%0.61%0.34%-1.34%
1 Month Performance44.06%9.08%8.69%9.79%
1 Year Performance41.90%21.15%537.74%3.27%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
0.9914 of 5 stars
$11.35
+1.1%
N/A+40.0%$312.60M$114.52M0.00280Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
TIPT
Tiptree
2.1575 of 5 stars
$21.57
+1.0%
N/A+24.7%$803.68M$2.04B22.241,470
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.525 of 5 stars
$25.28
-2.9%
$29.00
+14.7%
+168.5%$783.35M$837.20M10.11650Positive News
High Trading Volume
HIPO
Hippo
1.9709 of 5 stars
$22.24
+8.3%
$30.33
+36.4%
+26.0%$557.85M$397.30M-4.27620
WDH
Waterdrop
2.6439 of 5 stars
$1.31
+5.2%
N/A+13.4%$483.06M$2.77B10.882,940News Coverage
Gap Up
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
4.3917 of 5 stars
$8.32
+1.3%
$15.00
+80.3%
-54.4%$425.08M$235.82M-18.09130Gap Up
SLQT
SelectQuote
2.5807 of 5 stars
$2.35
-12.2%
$4.25
+81.2%
-18.4%$403.68M$1.46B-26.064,370Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MCG
Membership Collective Group
N/A$5.97
-3.1%
N/A+28.0%$348.76M$972.21M-4.814,300Gap Up
NODK
NI
0.5826 of 5 stars
$12.86
+2.4%
N/A-15.6%$259.88M$322.14M-45.93210News Coverage
Positive News
KINS
Kingstone Companies
2.3743 of 5 stars
$17.97
-17.1%
$6.50
-63.8%
+234.2%$246.75M$155.14M13.8290High Trading Volume
JRVR
James River Group
3.7831 of 5 stars
$4.88
+4.7%
$6.06
+24.2%
-31.2%$223.96M$678.79M-1.20640Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:KFS) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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