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KFS vs. TWFG, ROOT, CLOV, IGIC, YB, BOW, TIPT, HIPO, HRTG, and WDH

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

Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

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

TWFG has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TWFG has a net margin of 2.74% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -4.46%. TWFG's return on equity of 7.82% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TWFG2.74% 7.82% 6.58%
Kingsway Financial Services -4.46%-40.69%-2.51%

72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 66.5% of TWFG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, TWFG had 3 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TWFG and 3 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services. TWFG's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Kingsway Financial Services' score of 0.54 indicating that TWFG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

TWFG has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TWFG$207.28M6.65$2.74M$0.4159.93
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.78-$9.27MN/AN/A

TWFG currently has a consensus target price of $34.57, indicating a potential upside of 40.71%. Given TWFG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe TWFG is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TWFG
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

TWFG beats Kingsway Financial Services on 13 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$415.78M$58.72B$12.81B$21.64B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%5.40%3.49%
P/E RatioN/A16.74245.5929.75
Price / Sales3.782.7130.8668.31
Price / Cash706.6429.2422.3625.00
Price / Book38.703.052.314.58
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.10%1.80%1.03%0.65%
1 Month Performance0.49%2.48%2.37%3.07%
1 Year Performance84.06%20.05%539.26%14.34%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.3423 of 5 stars
$14.32
-0.6%
N/A+83.6%$415.78M$109.38M0.00280News Coverage
Insider Trade
TWFG
TWFG
3.2763 of 5 stars
$26.51
+0.2%
$34.57
+30.4%
-13.0%$1.49B$203.76M64.70N/APositive News
ROOT
Root
3.4362 of 5 stars
$88.63
-3.9%
$123.83
+39.7%
+166.6%$1.37B$1.18B17.68760
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.9365 of 5 stars
$2.63
+0.2%
$4.37
+66.3%
+10.5%$1.35B$1.37B-32.81680Options Volume
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.6257 of 5 stars
$23.99
-0.6%
$31.50
+31.3%
+37.1%$1.07B$539M8.69290Positive News
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$23.41
flat
N/AN/A$1.06B$456.88M0.00497
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
4.3357 of 5 stars
$31.05
0.0%
$38.33
+23.5%
-1.9%$1.02B$425.66M21.12193Positive News
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
2.6442 of 5 stars
$23.28
-0.7%
N/A+34.1%$870.38M$2.04B18.421,144News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HIPO
Hippo
2.0058 of 5 stars
$32.94
-2.6%
$34.25
+4.0%
+97.2%$824.36M$372.10M-67.21620
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
3.8953 of 5 stars
$22.99
+0.9%
$29.00
+26.2%
+60.0%$713.15M$816.98M6.63650News Coverage
Insider Trade
WDH
Waterdrop
2.7843 of 5 stars
$1.74
+0.9%
N/A+77.4%$628.90M$379.74M11.573,057Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up

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