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KFS vs. CLOV, BOW, IGIC, YB, TIPT, HRTG, HIPO, ACIC, WDH, and MCG

Should you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), International General Insurance (IGIC), Yuanbao (YB), Tiptree Financial (TIPT), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Hippo (HIPO), American Coastal Insurance (ACIC), Waterdrop (WDH), and Membership Collective Group (MCG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) and Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, Kingsway Financial Services had 6 more articles in the media than Clover Health Investments. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services and 3 mentions for Clover Health Investments. Clover Health Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Kingsway Financial Services' score of 0.35 indicating that Clover Health Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kingsway Financial Services
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Clover Health Investments
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kingsway Financial Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clover Health Investments.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M4.02-$9.27MN/AN/A
Clover Health Investments$1.37B0.96-$43.01M-$0.05-51.50

72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Clover Health Investments has a consensus target price of $4.83, suggesting a potential upside of 87.70%. Given Clover Health Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Clover Health Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Clover Health Investments has a net margin of -1.69% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -3.92%. Clover Health Investments' return on equity of -7.42% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsway Financial Services-3.92% -37.05% -2.23%
Clover Health Investments -1.69%-7.42%-4.00%

Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Health Investments has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clover Health Investments beats Kingsway Financial Services on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KFS vs. The Competition

MetricKingsway Financial ServicesINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$419.11M$56.80B$12.04B$20.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%5.57%3.75%
P/E RatioN/A18.0820.0728.05
Price / Sales4.022.7125.6146.08
Price / Cash746.8829.7421.5022.31
Price / Book43.183.142.284.59
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$1.00B$985.44M
7 Day Performance11.64%0.01%2.31%2.91%
1 Month Performance22.24%-1.96%4.37%5.47%
1 Year Performance99.94%32.15%541.13%14.61%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.14 of 5 stars
$15.98
+5.0%
N/A+85.9%$419.11M$109.38M0.00280News Coverage
Insider Trade
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.243 of 5 stars
$2.79
+1.1%
$4.83
+73.2%
+112.3%$1.40B$1.37B-55.80680
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
3.5302 of 5 stars
$37.54
+0.7%
$39.67
+5.7%
+37.4%$1.22B$425.66M28.66193News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.2069 of 5 stars
$24.02
-0.1%
$31.50
+31.1%
+63.2%$1.08B$539M8.83290
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$21.02
-4.1%
N/AN/A$988.16M$456.88M0.00497Positive News
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
1.5226 of 5 stars
$23.58
-4.6%
N/A+41.5%$926.92M$2.04B19.651,144Positive News
High Trading Volume
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.0164 of 5 stars
$24.91
+6.3%
$29.00
+16.4%
+256.1%$726.17M$816.98M9.85650High Trading Volume
HIPO
Hippo
1.4608 of 5 stars
$27.91
+0.4%
$30.33
+8.7%
+78.5%$699.62M$372.10M-12.80620Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ACIC
American Coastal Insurance
2.307 of 5 stars
$11.12
+4.0%
N/AN/A$516.90M$296.66M7.46470
WDH
Waterdrop
1.7362 of 5 stars
$1.35
+1.1%
N/A+17.0%$482.10M$379.74M8.973,057Positive News
MCG
Membership Collective Group
N/A$7.35
flat
N/A+45.2%$429.38M$972.21M-5.934,300

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This page (NYSE:KFS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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