Keyera (KEY) Competitors

Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) and Keyera (TSE:KEY) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FFH or KEY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fairfax Financial	C$21.14B	1.73	C$2.94B	C$261.16	8.73
Keyera	C$7.53B	1.31	C$449.23M	C$1.94	22.02

Is FFH or KEY a better dividend stock?

Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Fairfax Financial pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media refer more to FFH or KEY?

In the previous week, Keyera had 14 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Keyera and 2 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Keyera's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Fairfax Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Keyera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fairfax Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Keyera	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FFH or KEY?

Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keyera has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FFH or KEY?

Keyera received 158 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.52% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Keyera an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fairfax Financial	Outperform Votes 387 62.52%	Underperform Votes 232 37.48%
Keyera	Outperform Votes 545 55.84%	Underperform Votes 431 44.16%

Do analysts recommend FFH or KEY?

Fairfax Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$2,446.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.27%. Keyera has a consensus target price of C$45.08, suggesting a potential upside of 5.51%. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Keyera.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fairfax Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Keyera	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FFH or KEY?

38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Keyera shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keyera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FFH or KEY more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fairfax Financial	13.90%	17.43%	4.27%
Keyera	5.97%	16.05%	6.15%

Summary

Fairfax Financial beats Keyera on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.