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Intact Financial (IFC) Competitors

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C$311.91 +1.28 (+0.41%)
As of 07/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

IFC vs. FFH, DFY, KFS, TD, BMO, BNS, CM, BN, BAM, and MFC

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), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Brookfield (BN), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), and Manulife Financial (MFC).

Intact Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Intact Financial's net margin of 8.60%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.43% beat Intact Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intact Financial8.60% 13.13% 3.55%
Fairfax Financial 13.90%17.43%4.27%

Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Intact Financial pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fairfax Financial pays out 7.8% 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$312.55, suggesting a potential upside of 0.20%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus target price of C$2,535.71, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Fairfax Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

53.7% of Intact Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Intact Financial has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fairfax Financial has lower revenue, but higher 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intact FinancialC$26.64B2.08C$2.29BC$12.9124.15
Fairfax FinancialC$21.14B1.84C$2.94BC$261.169.31

In the previous week, Intact Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Intact Financial and 2 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Intact Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Fairfax Financial's score of 0.30 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fairfax Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Fairfax Financial beats Intact Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IFC vs. The Competition

MetricIntact FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$55.48BC$15.41BC$6.37BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield1.68%4.51%4.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio24.1513.7013.4750.85
Price / Sales2.08101.621,784.551,194.54
Price / Cash11.995.1448.8383.29
Price / Book3.073.041.404.69
Net IncomeC$2.29BC$914.48MC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.14%-0.01%0.56%2.28%
1 Month Performance-0.91%1.41%3.26%4.71%
1 Year Performance35.25%28.64%15.53%26.90%

Intact Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFC
Intact Financial
1.6534 of 5 stars
C$311.91
+0.4%
C$312.55
+0.2%
+34.6%C$55.48BC$26.64B24.1530,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
1.8812 of 5 stars
C$2,458.00
+0.8%
C$2,535.71
+3.2%
+54.8%C$39.42BC$21.14B9.4119,300
DFY
Definity Financial
1.5293 of 5 stars
C$79.37
+1.4%
C$71.64
-9.7%
+74.4%C$9.16BC$4.40B16.803,442News Coverage
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.0524 of 5 stars
C$100.16
+0.7%
C$90.85
-9.3%
+34.0%C$175.72BC$56.16B19.8593,700Dividend Announcement
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.8191 of 5 stars
C$150.91
+0.9%
C$145.69
-3.5%
+32.5%C$109.30BC$53.67B14.9046,700Dividend Increase
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.2884 of 5 stars
C$75.30
+0.2%
C$77.31
+2.7%
+20.7%C$92.28BC$43.73B11.9091,000Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
2.3323 of 5 stars
C$96.66
+1.2%
C$96.23
-0.4%
+47.8%C$90.43BC$25.37B12.7748,552Dividend Announcement
BN
Brookfield
1.0932 of 5 stars
C$84.28
-0.2%
N/A+48.8%C$89.58BC$63.79B100.18180,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
2.114 of 5 stars
C$75.37
-0.4%
C$79.00
+4.8%
+44.4%C$88.49BC$3.71B25.932,400News Coverage
MFC
Manulife Financial
3.6126 of 5 stars
C$43.54
-0.7%
C$48.00
+10.2%
+16.5%C$76.37BC$45.06B13.5540,000

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This page (TSE:IFC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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