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Sagicor Financial (SFC) Competitors

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C$7.99 -0.01 (-0.13%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SFC vs. ELF, MFC, GWO, POW, GSY, FN, CWB.PD, TSU, HUT, and SII

Should you be buying Sagicor Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sagicor Financial include E-L Financial (ELF), Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Power Co. of Canada (POW), goeasy (GSY), First National Financial (FN), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Trisura Group (TSU), Hut 8 (HUT), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Sagicor Financial vs. Its Competitors

E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) and Sagicor Financial (TSE:SFC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

E-L Financial has a net margin of 33.27% compared to Sagicor Financial's net margin of 22.28%. Sagicor Financial's return on equity of 56.05% beat E-L Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
E-L Financial33.27% 23.62% 4.52%
Sagicor Financial 22.28%56.05%1.50%

Sagicor Financial has a consensus target price of C$10.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.54%. Given Sagicor Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sagicor Financial is more favorable than E-L Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
E-L Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Sagicor Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 100.7%. Sagicor Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. E-L Financial pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sagicor Financial pays out 6.3% 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. E-L Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Sagicor Financial. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sagicor Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
E-L FinancialC$5.55B0.01C$1.84BC$532.900.03
Sagicor FinancialC$1.58B0.48C$352.72MC$5.281.51

In the previous week, E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sagicor Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
E-L Financial Neutral
Sagicor Financial Neutral

16.0% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sagicor Financial has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

E-L Financial beats Sagicor Financial on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SFC vs. The Competition

MetricSagicor FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$760.52MC$22.81BC$6.46BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield4.02%5.10%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio1.518.5814.0875.38
Price / Sales0.4842.511,730.211,359.95
Price / CashN/A1.48128.7183.29
Price / Book0.861.231.964.89
Net IncomeC$352.72MC$6.79BC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.12%0.60%0.45%1.19%
1 Month Performance-4.43%0.23%3.21%4.80%
1 Year Performance45.27%14.37%25.49%26.10%

Sagicor Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFC
Sagicor Financial
N/AC$7.99
-0.1%
C$10.75
+34.5%
+33.4%C$760.52MC$1.58B1.515,180
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$14.91
-0.3%
N/A-98.7%C$51.62MC$5.55B0.03300
MFC
Manulife Financial
3.272 of 5 stars
C$42.48
-0.2%
C$47.88
+12.7%
+20.2%C$74.51BC$45.06B13.2240,000
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
1.5987 of 5 stars
C$52.45
-0.3%
C$55.56
+5.9%
+26.4%C$48.83BC$25.31B12.0033,500
POW
Power Co. of Canada
2.7038 of 5 stars
C$54.79
+0.1%
C$55.63
+1.5%
+39.7%C$35.02BC$50.30B15.472News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GSY
goeasy
3.3956 of 5 stars
C$181.00
+0.8%
C$213.00
+17.7%
-6.1%C$3.03BC$1.42B11.002,404News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FN
First National Financial
1.2466 of 5 stars
C$42.99
-0.4%
C$41.00
-4.6%
+12.4%C$2.58BC$1.73B14.001,772
CWB.PD
Canadian Western Bank
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.42BC$1.06B7.192,532High Trading Volume
TSU
Trisura Group
1.7126 of 5 stars
C$43.90
-2.0%
C$52.14
+18.8%
+1.3%C$2.10BC$2.97B18.879,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$29.16
-0.8%
N/A+36.6%C$1.94BC$142.55M7.14219
SII
Sprott
0.4976 of 5 stars
C$96.43
-0.9%
C$88.33
-8.4%
+58.9%C$1.72BC$114.38M37.58170Analyst Downgrade

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This page (TSE:SFC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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