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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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