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C$58.59 -0.79 (-1.33%)
As of 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Onex (ONEX), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), and E-L Financial (ELF).

Definity Financial vs.

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

Definity Financial has a net margin of 12.32% compared to Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s net margin of 0.00%. Definity Financial's return on equity of 18.19% beat Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)N/A N/A N/A
Definity Financial 12.32%18.19%4.81%

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
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)C$53.38M0.00-C$20.50M-C$0.92N/A
Definity FinancialC$4.40B1.54C$542.33MC$4.7212.40

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 37.14% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)Outperform Votes
103
70.55%
Underperform Votes
43
29.45%
Definity FinancialOutperform Votes
39
37.14%
Underperform Votes
66
62.86%

Definity Financial has a consensus target price of C$59.27, indicating a potential upside of 1.17%. Given Definity Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Definity Financial is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
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
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

In the previous week, Definity Financial had 23 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Definity Financial and 0 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Definity Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Definity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

61.2% of Definity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Definity Financial beats Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DFY vs. The Competition

MetricDefinity FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$6.76BC$13.12BC$4.22BC$5.69B
Dividend Yield1.03%4.41%4.29%6.47%
P/E Ratio12.4011.3716.0530.21
Price / Sales1.5484.321,758.35478.37
Price / Cash12.315.1448.6082.56
Price / Book2.062.543.393.83
Net IncomeC$542.33MC$914.48MC$1.26BC$297.76M
7 Day Performance-4.98%0.00%-0.22%-1.07%
1 Month Performance3.28%5.33%1.80%1.41%
1 Year Performance32.71%21.36%14.51%38.28%

Definity Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DFY
Definity Financial
1.1326 of 5 stars
C$58.59
-1.3%
C$59.27
+1.2%
+32.7%C$6.76BC$4.40B12.403,442Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
IFC
Intact Financial
1.7571 of 5 stars
C$288.21
+0.4%
C$292.90
+1.6%
+22.6%C$51.27BC$26.64B22.3230,000Analyst Forecast
FFH
Fairfax Financial
1.9942 of 5 stars
C$2,070.19
+3.5%
C$2,091.67
+1.0%
+49.1%C$33.20BC$21.14B7.9319,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
X
TMX Group
0.6763 of 5 stars
C$50.63
-0.1%
C$47.19
-6.8%
+46.2%C$14.08BC$1.87B29.2322,700Dividend Increase
IAG
iA Financial
3.1618 of 5 stars
C$130.32
+1.2%
C$129.88
-0.3%
+48.4%C$12.23BC$14.46B12.425,360Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IGM
IGM Financial
2.4006 of 5 stars
C$44.95
+1.1%
C$50.29
+11.9%
+26.5%C$10.72BC$3.35B11.523,300
GLXY
Galaxy Digital
1.0633 of 5 stars
C$27.65
-2.5%
C$22.25
-19.5%
+77.7%C$6.51BC$540.07M2.28434
ONEX
Onex
2.1168 of 5 stars
C$110.18
+1.5%
C$130.33
+18.3%
+2.0%C$5.52BC$645.09M8.75492News Coverage
CWB
Canadian Western Bank
0.2133 of 5 stars
C$56.63
flat
C$54.83
-3.2%
N/AC$5.48BC$1.99B18.452,454News Coverage
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$1,502.00
flat
N/A+40.2%C$5.20BC$5.55B2.82300Gap Up

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This page (TSE:DFY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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