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

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), 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 (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.

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.

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%

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$1.37B1.03-$43.01M-$0.05-55.60
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.36-$9.27MN/AN/A

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

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)
2.67
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

Summary

Clover Health Investments beats Kingsway Financial Services on 9 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$384.97M$56.03B$12.08B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/A2.02%5.63%3.67%
P/E RatioN/A16.3319.7429.07
Price / Sales3.362.6025.9257.23
Price / Cash686.0328.2321.3322.84
Price / Book36.082.792.094.43
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$1.00B$994.22M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
0.8436 of 5 stars
$13.35
-4.5%
N/A+59.9%$384.97M$109.38M0.00280Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.9725 of 5 stars
$3.00
-1.3%
$4.83
+61.1%
+54.4%$1.54B$1.49B-60.00680Upcoming Earnings
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$27.47
-0.9%
N/AN/A$1.25B$456.88M0.00497
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
3.2539 of 5 stars
$32.58
-1.1%
$39.67
+21.8%
+17.2%$1.08B$425.66M24.87193Upcoming Earnings
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.7804 of 5 stars
$23.32
-2.8%
$31.50
+35.1%
+36.1%$1.07B$538.45M8.57290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
1.992 of 5 stars
$21.83
+1.3%
N/A+11.0%$807.68M$2.04B18.191,144News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
WDH
Waterdrop
3.2068 of 5 stars
$1.89
-7.2%
N/A+50.0%$739.45M$379.74M12.623,057News Coverage
HIPO
Hippo
2.3217 of 5 stars
$26.33
-1.9%
$31.50
+19.6%
+54.7%$675.22M$372.10M-12.08620Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.0386 of 5 stars
$20.59
+0.0%
$29.00
+40.8%
+173.5%$637.84M$816.98M8.14650News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ACIC
American Coastal Insurance
2.1433 of 5 stars
$10.42
-2.0%
N/AN/A$514M$296.66M6.99470
AMBC
Ambac Financial Group
4.3056 of 5 stars
$8.63
-2.2%
$12.50
+44.8%
-33.5%$409.49M$249.02M-0.71130Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:KFS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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