Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) Competitors $13.35 -0.63 (-4.51%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.36 +0.02 (+0.11%) As of 08/1/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KFS vs. CLOV, YB, BOW, IGIC, TIPT, WDH, HIPO, HRTG, ACIC, and AMBCShould you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Yuanbao (YB), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), International General Insurance (IGIC), Tiptree Financial (TIPT), Waterdrop (WDH), Hippo (HIPO), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), American Coastal Insurance (ACIC), and Ambac Financial Group (AMBC). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry. Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors Clover Health Investments Yuanbao Bowhead Specialty International General Insurance Tiptree Financial Waterdrop Hippo Heritage Insurance American Coastal Insurance Ambac Financial Group Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) and Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Which has more volatility and risk, CLOV or KFS? Clover Health Investments has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is CLOV or KFS more profitable? 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 Clover Health Investments-1.69% -7.42% -4.00% Kingsway Financial Services -3.92%-37.05%-2.23% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CLOV or KFS? Kingsway Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clover Health Investments. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioClover Health Investments$1.37B1.03-$43.01M-$0.05-55.60Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.36-$9.27MN/AN/A Does the media favor CLOV or KFS? In the previous week, Clover Health Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Clover Health Investments and 3 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services. Clover Health Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Kingsway Financial Services' score of 0.25 indicating that Clover Health Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Clover Health Investments 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Kingsway Financial Services 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do analysts recommend CLOV or KFS? Clover Health Investments presently has a consensus target price of $4.83, suggesting a potential upside of 73.86%. 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 Clover Health Investments 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Kingsway Financial Services 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CLOV or KFS? 19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are owned 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. SummaryClover Health Investments beats Kingsway Financial Services on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Kingsway Financial Services News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KFS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart KFS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKingsway Financial ServicesINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$384.97M$56.03B$12.08B$20.69BDividend YieldN/A2.02%5.63%3.67%P/E RatioN/A16.3319.7429.07Price / Sales3.362.6025.9257.23Price / Cash686.0328.2321.3322.84Price / Book36.082.792.094.43Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$1.00B$994.22M7 Day Performance-8.13%-2.39%-2.46%-3.35%1 Month Performance-12.65%-1.97%-0.96%-2.05%1 Year Performance59.69%20.90%537.06%10.15% Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KFSKingsway Financial Services0.8436 of 5 stars$13.35-4.5%N/A+59.9%$384.97M$109.38M0.00280Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsCLOVClover Health Investments2.9725 of 5 stars$3.00-1.3%$4.83+61.1%+54.4%$1.54B$1.49B-60.00680Upcoming EarningsYBYuanbaoN/A$27.47-0.9%N/AN/A$1.25B$456.88M0.00497BOWBowhead Specialty3.2539 of 5 stars$32.58-1.1%$39.67+21.8%+17.2%$1.08B$425.66M24.87193Upcoming EarningsIGICInternational General Insurance3.7804 of 5 stars$23.32-2.8%$31.50+35.1%+36.1%$1.07B$538.45M8.57290Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsTIPTTiptree Financial1.992 of 5 stars$21.83+1.3%N/A+11.0%$807.68M$2.04B18.191,144News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementWDHWaterdrop3.2068 of 5 stars$1.89-7.2%N/A+50.0%$739.45M$379.74M12.623,057News CoverageHIPOHippo2.3217 of 5 stars$26.33-1.9%$31.50+19.6%+54.7%$675.22M$372.10M-12.08620Upcoming EarningsGap DownHRTGHeritage Insurance4.0386 of 5 stars$20.59+0.0%$29.00+40.8%+173.5%$637.84M$816.98M8.14650News CoverageUpcoming EarningsACICAmerican Coastal Insurance2.1433 of 5 stars$10.42-2.0%N/AN/A$514M$296.66M6.99470AMBCAmbac Financial Group4.3056 of 5 stars$8.63-2.2%$12.50+44.8%-33.5%$409.49M$249.02M-0.71130Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Clover Health Investments Competitors Yuanbao Competitors Bowhead Specialty Competitors International General Insurance Competitors Tiptree Financial Competitors Waterdrop Competitors Hippo Competitors Heritage Insurance Competitors American Coastal Insurance Competitors Ambac Financial Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KFS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuffett to put 90% of his money in this one stock?CPA and CFA says you have WAY too many stocks - just buy these 3 After years working at the biggest accoun...Altimetry | SponsoredHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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