FFH vs. IFC, NA, GWO, SLF, POW, BAM, X, MFC, CM, and BNS
Should you be buying Fairfax Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fairfax Financial include Intact Financial (IFC), National Bank of Canada (NA), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TMX Group (X), Manulife Financial (MFC), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Fairfax Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Intact Financial. Fairfax Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intact Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intact Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$236.70, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus price target of C$1,758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.57%. Given Intact Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Intact Financial.
Intact Financial received 229 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 63.38% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote.
Intact Financial has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Intact Financial pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fairfax Financial pays out 8.7% 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.
In the previous week, Fairfax Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Intact Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fairfax Financial and 4 mentions for Intact Financial. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Intact Financial's score of 0.27 indicating that Intact Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Fairfax Financial's net margin of 4.59%. Intact Financial's return on equity of 20.09% beat Fairfax Financial's return on equity.
54.7% of Intact Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fairfax Financial beats Intact Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Fairfax Financial News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FFH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FFH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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.
Fairfax Financial Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
