DFY vs. ELF, EQB, GSY, ONEX, CWB, CIX, FN, IGM, TSU, and IAG
Should you be buying Definity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Definity Financial include E-L Financial (ELF), EQB (EQB), goeasy (GSY), Onex (ONEX), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), IGM Financial (IGM), Trisura Group (TSU), and iA Financial (IAG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, E-L Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Definity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for E-L Financial and 3 mentions for Definity Financial. Definity Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat E-L Financial's score of 0.09 indicating that Definity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
E-L Financial has a net margin of 34.70% compared to Definity Financial's net margin of 9.06%. E-L Financial's return on equity of 13.99% beat Definity Financial's return on equity.
E-L Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Definity Financial. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Definity Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$47.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.63%. Given Definity Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Definity Financial is more favorable than E-L Financial.
E-L Financial received 57 more outperform votes than Definity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.
61.7% of Definity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of E-L Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are held 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.
Definity Financial has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Definity Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Definity Financial pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. E-L Financial pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
E-L Financial beats Definity Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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