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C$59.19 +1.59 (+2.76%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

DFY vs. KFS, IFC, FFH, IAG, X, IGM, ONEX, CWB, ELF, and EQB

Should you be buying Definity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Definity Financial include Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Intact Financial (IFC), Fairfax Financial (FFH), iA Financial (IAG), TMX Group (X), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), E-L Financial (ELF), and EQB (EQB).

Definity Financial vs.

Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) and Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (TSE:KFS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Definity Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$54.70, indicating a potential downside of 7.59%. Given Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) is more favorable than Definity Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Definity Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Definity Financial has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s net margin of 0.00%. Definity Financial's return on equity of 13.00% beat Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Definity Financial9.60% 13.00% 4.81%
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) N/A N/A N/A

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) received 64 more outperform votes than Definity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) an outperform vote while only 39.00% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Definity FinancialOutperform Votes
39
39.00%
Underperform Votes
61
61.00%
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)Outperform Votes
103
70.55%
Underperform Votes
43
29.45%

Definity Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Definity FinancialC$4.03B1.69C$386.60MC$3.3117.88
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)C$53.38M0.00-C$20.50M-C$0.92N/A

61.2% of Definity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Definity Financial 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, Definity Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Definity Financial and 0 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Definity Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Definity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Definity Financial Neutral
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) Neutral

Summary

Definity Financial beats Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DFY vs. The Competition

MetricDefinity FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$6.80BC$11.12BC$3.25BC$6.25B
Dividend Yield1.20%4.51%4.58%5.27%
P/E Ratio17.88216.18441.0226.84
Price / Sales1.6975.623,308.091,531.29
Price / Cash12.316.9948.2383.81
Price / Book2.262.071.483.15
Net IncomeC$386.60MC$884.69MC$396.75MC$299.38M
7 Day Performance5.17%0.42%0.13%0.76%
1 Month Performance7.15%-1.63%7.04%12.82%
1 Year Performance59.46%14.85%15.54%44.03%

Definity Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DFY
Definity Financial
1.8912 of 5 stars
C$59.19
+2.8%
C$54.70
-7.6%
+57.1%C$6.80BC$4.03B17.883,442High Trading Volume
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
IFC
Intact Financial
1.3128 of 5 stars
C$272.20
+1.2%
C$274.90
+1.0%
+29.6%C$48.55BC$29.55B23.9630,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
2.0788 of 5 stars
C$1,950.40
+1.4%
C$2,025.00
+3.8%
+59.5%C$45.46BC$33.32B8.6819,300News Coverage
IAG
iA Financial
2.3769 of 5 stars
C$133.32
+0.2%
C$129.75
-2.7%
+50.8%C$12.68BC$8.42B17.855,360High Trading Volume
X
TMX Group
1.0176 of 5 stars
C$43.78
+0.7%
C$44.81
+2.4%
+51.4%C$12.15BC$3.06B29.7822,700Dividend Announcement
IGM
IGM Financial
1.2496 of 5 stars
C$46.99
+1.4%
C$49.29
+4.9%
+39.5%C$11.12BC$3.63B13.243,300
ONEX
Onex
1.8598 of 5 stars
C$110.47
-0.6%
C$130.33
+18.0%
+25.6%C$8.41BC$1.10B7.87492
CWB
Canadian Western Bank
1.6057 of 5 stars
C$59.64
+1.5%
C$48.57
-18.6%
+106.0%C$5.77BC$1.06B20.012,454Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$1,475.00
flat
N/A+50.5%C$5.10BC$3.16B4.49300Positive News
EQB
EQB
2.2041 of 5 stars
C$108.45
+0.1%
C$108.00
-0.4%
+46.9%C$4.16BC$1.12B11.391,800Analyst Forecast

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This page (TSE:DFY) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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