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Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) Competitors

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$14.69 +0.13 (+0.91%)
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KFS vs. CLOV, TWFG, ROOT, IGIC, YB, HIPO, BOW, HRTG, TIPT, and WDH

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), TWFG (TWFG), Root (ROOT), International General Insurance (IGIC), Yuanbao (YB), Hippo (HIPO), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Tiptree Financial (TIPT), and Waterdrop (WDH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

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

Clover Health Investments has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clover Health Investments$1.37B0.97-$43.01M-$0.08-32.38
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.88-$9.27MN/AN/A

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

Clover Health Investments has a net margin of -2.68% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -4.46%. Clover Health Investments' return on equity of -12.20% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clover Health Investments-2.68% -12.20% -6.95%
Kingsway Financial Services -4.46%-40.69%-2.51%

In the previous week, Kingsway Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than Clover Health Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services and 1 mentions for Clover Health Investments. Kingsway Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Clover Health Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Kingsway Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Clover Health Investments presently has a consensus price target of $4.37, suggesting a potential upside of 68.60%. Given Clover Health Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Kingsway Financial Services
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Summary

Clover Health Investments and Kingsway Financial Services tied by winning 7 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$424.43M$58.83B$12.72B$21.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%5.50%3.54%
P/E RatioN/A16.7239.9029.82
Price / Sales3.882.7530.0767.55
Price / Cash721.3729.5022.6424.90
Price / Book39.713.082.284.60
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.46%1.57%0.14%2.07%
1 Month Performance4.76%3.69%0.87%3.33%
1 Year Performance78.75%20.82%540.63%13.11%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.0578 of 5 stars
$14.69
+0.9%
N/A+78.7%$424.43M$109.38M0.00280
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.3246 of 5 stars
$3.07
-1.8%
$4.37
+42.5%
-35.9%$1.57B$1.37B-38.31680
TWFG
TWFG
2.7452 of 5 stars
$27.49
+2.1%
$34.57
+25.8%
+3.1%$1.54B$203.76M67.04N/A
ROOT
Root
3.6552 of 5 stars
$89.94
-1.7%
$123.83
+37.7%
+117.6%$1.39B$1.18B17.991,021Positive News
IGIC
International General Insurance
4.0964 of 5 stars
$23.26
-0.6%
$31.50
+35.4%
+22.3%$1.04B$539M8.43290Positive News
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$19.89
-0.8%
N/AN/A$896.64M$456.88M0.00497News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
HIPO
Hippo
1.2747 of 5 stars
$35.78
+0.9%
$34.25
-4.3%
+112.9%$895.20M$372.10M-72.99620
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
3.8927 of 5 stars
$26.91
+0.8%
$38.33
+42.5%
-13.2%$881.95M$425.66M18.30193News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.3348 of 5 stars
$25.02
+2.7%
$31.50
+25.9%
+102.0%$776.46M$816.98M7.21650Insider Trade
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
1.3498 of 5 stars
$18.91
-3.2%
N/A-8.0%$707.63M$2.02B14.981,144
WDH
Waterdrop
1.8864 of 5 stars
$1.87
-3.4%
$2.00
+7.2%
+46.6%$676.03M$379.74M10.973,057Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑

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