Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC) Competitors

Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) and Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (TSE:BNC) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FFH or BNC?

Fairfax Financial received 339 more outperform votes than Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fairfax Financial	Outperform Votes 385 62.91%	Underperform Votes 227 37.09%
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF	Outperform Votes 46 62.16%	Underperform Votes 28 37.84%

Is FFH or BNC more profitable?

Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF's net margin of 0.00%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.43% beat Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fairfax Financial	13.90%	17.43%	4.27%
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer FFH or BNC?

Fairfax Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$2,129.17, suggesting a potential upside of 4.61%. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fairfax Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to FFH or BNC?

In the previous week, Fairfax Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fairfax Financial and 0 mentions for Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF's score of 0.00 indicating that Fairfax Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fairfax Financial	Neutral
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF	Neutral

Is FFH or BNC a better dividend stock?

Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF pays an annual dividend of C$1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Fairfax Financial pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FFH or BNC?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, FFH or BNC?

Fairfax Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fairfax Financial	C$21.14B	1.54	C$2.94B	C$261.16	7.79
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Fairfax Financial beats Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.