IFC vs. FFH, GWO, NA, SLF, POW, BAM, MFC, CM, BNS, and BN
Should you be buying Intact Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intact Financial include Fairfax Financial (FFH), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), National Bank of Canada (NA), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Manulife Financial (MFC), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), and Brookfield (BN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) and Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fairfax Financial pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intact Financial pays out 69.1% 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.
Intact Financial received 228 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.21% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 63.48% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote.
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.
Fairfax Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$1,725.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.14%. Intact Financial has a consensus price target of C$236.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.44%. Given Intact Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Intact Financial.
In the previous week, Fairfax Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Intact Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fairfax Financial and 1 mentions for Intact Financial. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Intact Financial's score of 0.74 indicating that Intact Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.7% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Intact Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intact Financial has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Fairfax Financial beats Intact Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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