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Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) Competitors

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

Should you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), 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), and Waterdrop (WDH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

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

82.0% of Fidelis Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fidelis Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $20.43, suggesting a potential upside of 29.79%. Given Fidelis Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fidelis Insurance is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fidelis Insurance
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Fidelis Insurance had 3 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fidelis Insurance and 2 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services. Fidelis Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Kingsway Financial Services' score of 0.37 indicating that Fidelis Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Fidelis Insurance has a net margin of -0.41% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -3.92%. Fidelis Insurance's return on equity of 0.20% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidelis Insurance-0.41% 0.20% 0.04%
Kingsway Financial Services -3.92%-37.05%-2.23%

Fidelis Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidelis Insurance$2.42B0.72$113.30M-$0.13-121.08
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.67-$9.27MN/AN/A

Fidelis Insurance has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelis Insurance beats Kingsway Financial Services on 11 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$400.39M$56.43B$12.05B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.01%5.53%3.71%
P/E RatioN/A17.5519.2027.84
Price / Sales3.672.6625.3942.34
Price / Cash713.5128.9021.6422.63
Price / Book39.382.982.284.57
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$992.82M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-8.79%-2.79%-0.20%0.20%
1 Month Performance5.35%-2.69%2.78%3.95%
1 Year Performance74.07%24.33%536.06%10.27%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.0709 of 5 stars
$14.57
+0.2%
N/A+74.7%$400.39M$109.38M0.00280Analyst Downgrade
FIHL
Fidelis Insurance
3.8871 of 5 stars
$15.92
-1.7%
$20.43
+28.3%
-8.1%$1.79B$2.42B-122.4577
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.1402 of 5 stars
$2.89
+12.9%
$4.83
+67.2%
+100.0%$1.30B$1.37B-57.80680News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
2.2364 of 5 stars
$34.76
-2.9%
$39.67
+14.1%
+25.5%$1.17B$425.66M26.53193
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.6392 of 5 stars
$23.88
-0.3%
$31.50
+31.9%
+65.5%$1.08B$539M8.78290
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$23.00
+3.5%
N/AN/A$1.00B$456.88M0.00497High Trading Volume
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
1.6861 of 5 stars
$23.69
-1.1%
N/A+22.1%$898.05M$2.04B19.741,144
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
3.8842 of 5 stars
$23.11
+0.3%
$29.00
+25.5%
+206.0%$714.40M$816.98M9.13650
HIPO
Hippo
2.218 of 5 stars
$27.67
-1.6%
$31.50
+13.8%
+67.4%$707.16M$372.10M-12.69620Trending News
ACIC
American Coastal Insurance
3.3176 of 5 stars
$10.94
-0.9%
N/AN/A$533.82M$296.66M7.34470Positive News
WDH
Waterdrop
1.0028 of 5 stars
$1.42
+1.1%
N/A+24.5%$507.47M$379.74M9.433,057Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:KFS) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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