IFC vs. FFH, DFY, KFS, TD, BN, BMO, BNS, CM, MFC, and SLF
Should you be buying Intact Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intact Financial include Fairfax Financial (FFH), Definity Financial (DFY), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Brookfield (BN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Manulife Financial (MFC), and Sun Life Financial (SLF).
Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Intact Financial pays out 56.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fairfax Financial pays out 9.6% 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.
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.
Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Intact Financial's net margin of 5.55%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.26% beat Intact Financial's return on equity.
Intact Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$249.73, indicating a potential upside of 2.19%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus price target of C$1,829.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.09%. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Intact Financial.
Intact Financial received 230 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote.
54.4% of Intact Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Intact Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Intact Financial and 15 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Intact Financial's score of 0.59 indicating that Fairfax Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intact Financial has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fairfax Financial beats Intact Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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