MKP vs. FN, HCG, TF, AI, ECN, FC, TII, BCF, FDI, and CWB.PD
Should you be buying MCAN Mortgage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MCAN Mortgage include First National Financial (FN), Home Capital Group (HCG), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), ECN Capital (ECN), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Terra Firma Capital (TII), Builders Capital Mortgage (BCF), Findev (FDI), and Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
MCAN Mortgage vs. Its Competitors
MCAN Mortgage (TSE:MKP) and First National Financial (TSE:FN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
MCAN Mortgage presently has a consensus price target of C$19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.75%. First National Financial has a consensus price target of C$45.40, suggesting a potential downside of 5.75%. Given First National Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First National Financial is more favorable than MCAN Mortgage.
MCAN Mortgage has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First National Financial has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than MCAN Mortgage. MCAN Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MCAN Mortgage has a net margin of 52.77% compared to First National Financial's net margin of 10.70%. First National Financial's return on equity of 24.41% beat MCAN Mortgage's return on equity.
MCAN Mortgage pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. First National Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. MCAN Mortgage pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First National Financial pays out 79.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MCAN Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
0.5% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of First National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of First National Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First National Financial had 1 more articles in the media than MCAN Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First National Financial and 1 mentions for MCAN Mortgage. First National Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat MCAN Mortgage's score of 0.75 indicating that First National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First National Financial beats MCAN Mortgage on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MKP) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff