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C$54.26 +0.10 (+0.18%)
(As of 11/6/2024 ET)

DFY vs. KFS, IFC, FFH, X, IAG, IGM, ONEX, CWB, ELF, and EQB

Should you be buying Definity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Definity Financial include Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Intact Financial (IFC), Fairfax Financial (FFH), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), E-L Financial (ELF), and EQB (EQB).

Definity Financial vs.

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (TSE:KFS) and Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) received 64 more outperform votes than Definity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) an outperform vote while only 40.63% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)Outperform Votes
103
70.55%
Underperform Votes
43
29.45%
Definity FinancialOutperform Votes
39
40.63%
Underperform Votes
57
59.38%

Definity Financial has a consensus target price of C$53.70, suggesting a potential downside of 0.85%. Given Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) is more favorable than Definity Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Definity Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

In the previous week, Definity Financial had 22 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Definity Financial and 2 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Definity Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Definity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Definity Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Definity Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)C$53.38M0.00-C$20.50M-C$0.92N/A
Definity FinancialC$4.03B1.54C$386.60MC$3.3116.36

61.2% of Definity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Definity Financial has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s net margin of 0.00%. Definity Financial's return on equity of 13.00% beat Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)N/A N/A N/A
Definity Financial 9.60%13.00%4.81%

Summary

Definity Financial beats Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DFY vs. The Competition

MetricDefinity FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$6.22BC$10.87BC$3.02BC$5.50B
Dividend Yield1.20%4.51%4.58%5.46%
P/E Ratio16.36225.35437.5729.08
Price / Sales1.5478.073,003.681,373.97
Price / Cash12.316.9948.2680.36
Price / Book2.072.101.453.05
Net IncomeC$386.60MC$884.69MC$395.80MC$285.68M
7 Day Performance-0.50%-0.38%0.27%-0.69%
1 Month Performance0.89%-1.94%0.08%1.85%
1 Year Performance43.77%16.86%16.98%41.96%

Definity Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DFY
Definity Financial
1.3757 of 5 stars
C$54.26
+0.2%
C$53.70
-1.0%
+43.4%C$6.23BC$4.03B16.393,442Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
IFC
Intact Financial
1.8442 of 5 stars
C$269.16
+1.2%
N/A+36.7%C$48.01BC$29.55B23.6930,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
FFH
Fairfax Financial
3.3011 of 5 stars
C$1,888.04
+9.1%
N/A+49.0%C$44.01BC$33.32B8.4119,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
X
TMX Group
1.4689 of 5 stars
C$43.52
+0.1%
N/A+52.8%C$12.08BC$3.06B29.6122,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
IAG
iA Financial
2.4574 of 5 stars
C$114.19
+0.7%
N/A+35.7%C$10.86BC$8.42B15.295,360Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
IGM
IGM Financial
1.5383 of 5 stars
C$42.25
+1.0%
N/A+24.8%C$10.00BC$3.63B11.903,300Upcoming Earnings
ONEX
Onex
1.8463 of 5 stars
C$100.74
+0.5%
N/A+24.9%C$7.67BC$1.10B7.18492
CWB
Canadian Western Bank
1.6034 of 5 stars
C$56.89
-0.6%
N/A+99.1%C$5.50BC$1.06B19.092,454Analyst Revision
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$1,315.00
flat
N/AN/AC$4.55BC$3.16B4.00300
EQB
EQB
2.0716 of 5 stars
C$106.23
-0.6%
N/A+41.7%C$4.08BC$1.12B11.161,800Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:DFY) was last updated on 11/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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