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C$54.67 +0.21 (+0.39%)
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DFY vs. KFS, FFH, IFC, IAG, X, IGM, ONEX, CWB, CIX, 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), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Intact Financial (IFC), iA Financial (IAG), TMX Group (X), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), CI Financial (CIX), 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 dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

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

Definity Financial has a consensus target price of C$54.70, suggesting a potential downside of 0.27%. 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
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

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$4.03B1.56C$386.60MC$3.3116.57

In the previous week, Definity Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Definity Financial and 0 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Definity Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

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

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
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)N/A N/A N/A
Definity Financial 9.60%13.00%4.81%

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Definity Financial beats Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DFY vs. The Competition

MetricDefinity FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$6.30BC$14.15BC$3.82BC$6.21B
Dividend Yield1.20%4.56%4.44%5.39%
P/E Ratio16.57263.55427.8725.33
Price / Sales1.5671.193,092.101,261.55
Price / Cash12.315.1452.6483.01
Price / Book2.102.461.893.16
Net IncomeC$386.60MC$986.62MC$437.23MC$297.48M
7 Day Performance1.11%2.11%2.73%1.87%
1 Month Performance-4.43%0.10%4.19%2.85%
1 Year Performance44.57%18.48%14.36%39.08%

Definity Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DFY
Definity Financial
1.4355 of 5 stars
C$54.67
+0.4%
C$54.70
+0.1%
+43.5%C$6.28BC$4.03B16.523,442
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
FFH
Fairfax Financial
2.357 of 5 stars
C$1,937.61
-0.7%
C$2,025.00
+4.5%
+53.0%C$45.17BC$33.32B8.6319,300
IFC
Intact Financial
1.5123 of 5 stars
C$252.24
-0.7%
C$274.90
+9.0%
+22.5%C$44.99BC$29.55B22.2030,000Positive News
IAG
iA Financial
2.3709 of 5 stars
C$128.87
-1.2%
C$129.75
+0.7%
+49.8%C$12.26BC$8.42B17.255,360
X
TMX Group
1.0661 of 5 stars
C$43.00
-0.7%
C$46.94
+9.2%
+35.2%C$11.94BC$3.06B29.2522,700
IGM
IGM Financial
1.7137 of 5 stars
C$43.49
-1.7%
C$49.29
+13.3%
+26.0%C$10.29BC$3.63B12.253,300
ONEX
Onex
2.4196 of 5 stars
C$108.92
-5.3%
C$130.33
+19.7%
+8.2%C$8.30BC$1.10B7.76492
CWB
Canadian Western Bank
0.801 of 5 stars
C$59.26
-0.3%
C$54.83
-7.5%
+94.2%C$5.73BC$1.06B19.892,454Gap Down
CIX
CI Financial
1.3712 of 5 stars
C$31.06
+0.1%
C$27.94
-10.1%
+96.4%C$4.39BC$3.50B-115.04610Positive News
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$1,255.00
-3.1%
N/A+35.7%C$4.34BC$3.16B3.82300

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This page (TSE:DFY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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