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TSE:IFC

Intact Financial (IFC) Competitors

C$200.85
+3.41 (+1.73%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
C$197.91
C$201.10
50-Day Range
C$189.55
C$206.17
52-Week Range
C$172.04
C$209.57
Volume
250,594 shs
Average Volume
311,065 shs
Market Capitalization
C$35.20 billion
P/E Ratio
15.40
Dividend Yield
2.19%
Price Target
C$223.33

IFC vs. FFH, NA, GWO, SLF, MFC, POW, CM, BAM, IGM, and IAG

Should you be buying Intact Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intact Financial include Fairfax Financial (FFH), National Bank of Canada (NA), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Manulife Financial (MFC), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), IGM Financial (IGM), and iA Financial (IAG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Intact Financial vs.

Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Intact Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fairfax 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intact FinancialC$20.66 billion1.70C$2.24 billionC$13.0415.40
Fairfax FinancialC$28.39 billion0.81C$1.76 billionC$96.5010.22

Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$13.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Intact Financial pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fairfax Financial pays out 13.9% 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 has a net margin of 11.14% compared to Fairfax Financial's net margin of 6.37%. Intact Financial's return on equity of 14.49% beat Fairfax Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intact Financial 11.14% 14.49% 3.08%
Fairfax Financial 6.37% 8.83% 1.45%

Intact Financial has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Intact Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$223.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.19%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus price target of C$1,191.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.80%. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Intact Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intact Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Fairfax Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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. Intact Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Fairfax Financial's score of 0.16 indicating that Intact Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intact Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fairfax Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Intact Financial received 218 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.79% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 62.87% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intact FinancialOutperform Votes
582
68.79%
Underperform Votes
264
31.21%
Fairfax FinancialOutperform Votes
364
62.87%
Underperform Votes
215
37.13%

48.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.9% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Intact Financial beats Fairfax Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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IFC vs. The Competition

MetricIntact FinancialInsurance IndustryFinance SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$35.20BC$12.56BC$6.16BC$4.60B
Dividend Yield2.21%4.13%9.69%5.05%
P/E Ratio15.40296.66164.0923.36
Price / Sales1.70136.196,319.131,351.24
Price / Cash11.9910.1732.4578.83
Price / Book2.582.852.343.62
Net IncomeC$2.24BC$957.16MC$645.03MC$335.03M
7 Day Performance-0.86%0.28%4.54%0.57%
1 Month Performance0.10%-0.17%1.48%-2.52%
1 Year Performance8.76%4.68%-7.11%5.13%

Intact Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFH
Fairfax Financial
1.8171 of 5 stars
C$977.75
-1.0%
C$1,191.67
+21.9%
+43.2%C$22.71BC$26.83B10.3415,891
NA
National Bank of Canada
1.3606 of 5 stars
C$100.12
-0.3%
C$105.32
+5.2%
+0.8%C$33.77BC$9.53B10.5827,804Dividend Increase
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
1.3829 of 5 stars
C$38.67
-2.3%
C$36.88
-4.6%
+14.8%C$36.03BC$60.55B14.4828,000Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Report
SLF
Sun Life Financial
1.5367 of 5 stars
C$65.77
-1.2%
C$73.31
+11.5%
+7.7%C$38.59BC$24.62B12.0740,600Ex-Dividend
MFC
Manulife Financial
1.6788 of 5 stars
C$25.56
-0.4%
C$28.17
+10.2%
+9.9%C$47.29BC$18.45B5.0438,000
POW
Power Co. of Canada
1.6109 of 5 stars
C$35.66
+0.1%
C$40.43
+13.4%
-3.8%C$21.81BC$48.74B12.742
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
1.9967 of 5 stars
C$57.03
-1.0%
C$65.14
+14.2%
-19.2%C$52.34BC$21.18B11.2746,030
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
2.7372 of 5 stars
C$41.87
-1.9%
C$56.50
+34.9%
-34.2%C$17.27BC$3.84B7.19101,700Ex-Dividend
IGM
IGM Financial
1.6597 of 5 stars
C$39.03
-0.7%
C$46.25
+18.5%
+2.0%C$9.29BC$3.92B9.013,300
IAG
iA Financial
1.7438 of 5 stars
C$88.13
+0.6%
C$97.63
+10.8%
+33.7%C$9.13BC$8.60B11.305,222

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This page (TSE:IFC) was last updated on 6/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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