FFH vs. BMO, BNS, KEY, BNC, BLX, HUT, SII, BITF, VBNK, and WED
Should you be buying Fairfax Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fairfax Financial include Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Keyera (KEY), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), VersaBank (VBNK), and Westaim (WED). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Fairfax Financial vs.
Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) and Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Fairfax Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$2,112.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Bank of Montreal has a consensus price target of C$139.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.81%. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than Bank of Montreal.
Bank of Montreal received 274 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.01% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote while only 52.18% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.
Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 13.57%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.43% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 1 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 17 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Bank of Montreal's score of 0.28 indicating that Fairfax Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Montreal has higher revenue and earnings than Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Fairfax Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of C$6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Fairfax Financial pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Fairfax Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:FFH) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
