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$14.38 -0.17 (-1.17%)
Closing price 07/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$14.34 -0.04 (-0.28%)
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KFS vs. CLOV, YB, BOW, IGIC, TIPT, HRTG, HIPO, WDH, ACIC, and MCG

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

Kingsway Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) and Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Clover Health Investments has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kingsway Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clover Health Investments.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clover Health Investments$1.37B1.09-$43.01M-$0.05-58.80
Kingsway Financial Services$109.38M3.62-$9.27MN/AN/A

19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Clover Health Investments and Clover Health Investments both had 3 articles in the media. Kingsway Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Clover Health Investments' score of 0.41 indicating that Kingsway Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clover Health Investments
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Clover Health Investments has a net margin of -1.69% compared to Kingsway Financial Services' net margin of -3.92%. Clover Health Investments' return on equity of -7.42% beat Kingsway Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clover Health Investments-1.69% -7.42% -4.00%
Kingsway Financial Services -3.92%-37.05%-2.23%

Clover Health Investments presently has a consensus price target of $4.83, indicating a potential upside of 64.40%. Given Clover Health Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clover Health Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Kingsway Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Clover Health Investments beats Kingsway Financial Services on 7 of the 13 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$400.67M$55.99B$12.11B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%5.55%3.65%
P/E RatioN/A17.6619.1527.56
Price / Sales3.622.6726.0659.11
Price / Cash714.0029.1121.6822.29
Price / Book38.862.992.314.66
Net Income-$9.27M$4.66B$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-1.30%1.76%0.39%-0.29%
1 Month Performance2.95%0.46%4.38%4.90%
1 Year Performance73.04%25.75%538.30%11.14%

Kingsway Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services
1.1056 of 5 stars
$14.38
-1.2%
N/A+68.6%$400.67M$109.38M0.00280
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
1.9756 of 5 stars
$3.00
+2.7%
$4.83
+61.1%
+74.0%$1.53B$1.37B-60.00680
YB
Yuanbao
N/A$30.16
+5.5%
N/AN/A$1.36B$456.88M0.00497
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
2.7377 of 5 stars
$33.85
+1.8%
$39.67
+17.2%
+27.6%$1.11B$425.66M25.84193
IGIC
International General Insurance
3.1164 of 5 stars
$23.84
-1.4%
$31.50
+32.1%
+55.3%$1.06B$539M8.76290
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
2.0112 of 5 stars
$21.57
+2.9%
N/A+17.9%$808.81M$2.04B17.981,144
HRTG
Heritage Insurance
4.3116 of 5 stars
$21.75
+3.2%
$29.00
+33.3%
+188.4%$673.97M$816.98M8.60650Positive News
HIPO
Hippo
2.0445 of 5 stars
$26.28
+1.2%
$31.50
+19.9%
+30.3%$661.08M$372.10M-12.05620
WDH
Waterdrop
1.8114 of 5 stars
$1.46
+3.2%
N/A+46.8%$527.41M$379.74M9.703,057News Coverage
Positive News
ACIC
American Coastal Insurance
1.9405 of 5 stars
$10.81
+0.4%
N/AN/A$522.66M$296.66M7.26470
MCG
Membership Collective Group
N/A$7.24
-2.8%
N/A+12.5%$422.95M$972.21M-5.844,300

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