KEY vs. FFH, BNC, BLX, HUT, SII, BITF, WFC, VBNK, PTS, and WED
Should you be buying Keyera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keyera include Fairfax Financial (FFH), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), Wall Financial (WFC), VersaBank (VBNK), Points.com (PTS), and Westaim (WED). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Keyera vs. Its Competitors
Keyera (TSE:KEY) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both banking companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Keyera's net margin of 5.97%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.43% beat Keyera's return on equity.
Keyera has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more 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.
44.0% of Keyera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Keyera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Keyera currently has a consensus target price of C$51.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.07%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus target price of C$2,678.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Keyera's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Keyera is more favorable than Fairfax Financial.
Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Keyera pays out 107.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fairfax Financial pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Fairfax Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Keyera. Fairfax Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keyera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Keyera had 4 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Keyera and 3 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Keyera's score of -0.40 indicating that Fairfax Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Keyera and Fairfax Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KEY 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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This page (TSE:KEY) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
