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Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) Competitors

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KFS vs. ROOT, CLOV, YB, IGIC, BOW, TIPT, HIPO, WDH, HRTG, and ACIC

Should you be buying Kingsway Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingsway Financial Services include Root (ROOT), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Yuanbao (YB), International General Insurance (IGIC), Bowhead Specialty (BOW), Tiptree Financial (TIPT), Hippo (HIPO), Waterdrop (WDH), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), and American Coastal Insurance (ACIC). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) and Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Kingsway Financial Services had 3 more articles in the media than Root. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services and 1 mentions for Root. Kingsway Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Root's score of -0.27 indicating that Kingsway Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kingsway Financial Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Root
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Root has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Root has a net margin of 6.02% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -4.46%. Root's return on equity of 38.24% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsway Financial Services-4.46% -40.69% -2.51%
Root 6.02%38.24%5.27%

Root has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.73-$9.27MN/AN/A
Root$1.18B1.19$30.90M$5.0118.03

72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Root shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Root shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Root has a consensus target price of $123.83, suggesting a potential upside of 37.11%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Root is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Root
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Summary

Root beats Kingsway Financial Services on 10 of the 15 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 KFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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KFS vs. The Competition

MetricKingsway Financial ServicesINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$407.64M$58.03B$12.63B$21.18B
Dividend YieldN/A1.88%5.52%3.59%
P/E RatioN/A16.5319.3629.13
Price / Sales3.732.7326.9654.50
Price / Cash681.6128.4121.7823.84
Price / Book21.072.412.355.44
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$1.01B$992.10M
7 Day Performance1.22%2.44%1.62%2.56%
1 Month Performance-2.28%2.64%1.43%2.46%
1 Year Performance77.61%19.87%542.77%12.98%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.1191 of 5 stars
$14.12
+0.4%
N/A+77.3%$407.64M$109.38M0.00280Insider Trade
ROOT
Root
3.8433 of 5 stars
$87.46
-1.1%
$128.00
+46.4%
+87.7%$1.35B$1.18B17.521,021
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.7454 of 5 stars
$2.51
+1.4%
$4.37
+74.3%
-25.4%$1.27B$1.37B-31.19680
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$25.74
-1.6%
N/AN/A$1.16B$456.88M0.00497News Coverage
Gap Up
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.9292 of 5 stars
$24.28
+2.0%
$31.50
+29.7%
+50.3%$1.09B$539M8.88290
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
2.4249 of 5 stars
$31.60
+1.9%
$39.17
+23.9%
+4.0%$1.04B$425.66M21.66193
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
2.9059 of 5 stars
$22.33
+3.0%
N/A+23.4%$840.60M$2.04B17.791,144Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HIPO
Hippo
1.5218 of 5 stars
$29.04
+0.7%
$34.25
+17.9%
+77.0%$728.91M$372.10M-59.12620
WDH
Waterdrop
3.1574 of 5 stars
$1.86
+0.3%
N/A+72.3%$674.21M$379.74M12.403,057News Coverage
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.5371 of 5 stars
$21.09
-1.7%
$29.00
+37.5%
+58.0%$656.46M$816.98M6.10650
ACIC
American Coastal Insurance
2.2001 of 5 stars
$10.74
+4.9%
N/AN/A$523.68M$296.66M6.59470

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This page (NYSE:KFS) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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