Definity Financial (DFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Definity Financial Corp is a multi-channel, property, and casualty insurance company. It offers auto, property, liability, and pet insurance products to individual customers.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$70.10 to C$71.46
• 50-Day Range: C$70.33 to C$81.78
• 52-Week Range: C$61.87 to C$82.59
• Volume: 28,674 shs
• Average Volume: 178,655 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$8.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.28
• Dividend Yield: 1.14%
• Price Target: C$83.40
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Definity Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Definity Financial scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Definity Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Definity Financial has a consensus price target of C$83.40, representing about 18.6% upside from its current price of C$70.33.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Definity Financial has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Definity Financial is 18.27, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Definity Financial is 18.27, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Definity Financial has a PEG Ratio of 2.63. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Definity Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.90. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DFY.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Definity Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Definity Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Definity Financial is 20.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.23

News Sentiment

Definity Financial has a news sentiment score of -0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.91 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Definity Financial this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for DFY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Definity Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$1,461,345.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.50% of the stock of Definity Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

58.96% of the stock of Definity Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 9/10/2026
• Scotiabank’s 27th Annual Financials Summit: 9/10/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: TSE:DFY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.definityfc.com
• Phone: 519-570-8200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,442
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Definity Financial: C$83.40
• High Price Target: C$96.00
• Low Price Target: C$73.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$3.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.51
• P/E Growth: 2.63
• Net Income: C$542.33 million
• Net Margins: 7.22%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.45%
• Return on Assets: 4.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 37.12
• Current Ratio: 1.35
• Quick Ratio: 0.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$6.23 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.36
• Cash Flow: C$5.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.31
• Book Value: C$37.04 per share
• Price / Book: 1.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 120,116,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$8.45 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.01