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Fairfax Financial (FFH) Competitors

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C$1,990.07 -3.61 (-0.18%)
(As of 04:28 PM ET)

FFH vs. TD, BMO, BNS, KEY, HUT, BLX, SII, BITF, HIVE, and WED

Should you be buying Fairfax Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fairfax Financial include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Keyera (KEY), Hut 8 (HUT), Boralex (BLX), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), and Westaim (WED). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Fairfax Financial vs.

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 94.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fairfax Financial pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

58.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Toronto-Dominion Bank received 188 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.05% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Toronto-Dominion BankOutperform Votes
572
53.91%
Underperform Votes
489
46.09%
Fairfax FinancialOutperform Votes
384
63.05%
Underperform Votes
225
36.95%

In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 13 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 1 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.05 indicating that Fairfax Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Toronto-Dominion Bank
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fairfax Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Toronto-Dominion Bank has a net margin of 15.72% compared to Fairfax Financial's net margin of 12.27%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.91% beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Toronto-Dominion Bank15.72% 7.33% 0.43%
Fairfax Financial 12.27%17.91%4.27%

Toronto-Dominion Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Fairfax Financial. Fairfax Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toronto-Dominion Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Toronto-Dominion BankC$52.31B2.52C$7.69BC$4.3217.41
Fairfax FinancialC$33.32B1.39C$4.04BC$224.588.88

Toronto-Dominion Bank presently has a consensus price target of C$86.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.45%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus price target of C$2,025.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.57%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Fairfax Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Fairfax Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Toronto-Dominion Bank beats Fairfax Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FFH vs. The Competition

MetricFairfax FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$46.47BC$10.26BC$3.32BC$5.59B
Dividend Yield1.15%4.51%4.55%5.75%
P/E Ratio8.88248.53449.8428.10
Price / Sales1.3975.303,114.491,241.45
Price / Cash2.356.6248.1778.34
Price / Book2.042.241.503.39
Net IncomeC$4.04BC$884.69MC$396.05MC$292.98M
7 Day Performance-0.73%-1.31%6.14%-2.15%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.96%8.96%1.97%
1 Year Performance65.88%18.17%11.52%36.86%

Fairfax Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFH
Fairfax Financial
1.7031 of 5 stars
C$1,990.07
-0.2%
C$2,025.00
+1.8%
+68.9%C$46.39BC$33.32B8.8619,300
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
2.8997 of 5 stars
C$75.52
-0.5%
C$86.67
+14.8%
-9.9%C$132.16BC$52.31B17.4893,700Analyst Forecast
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.4047 of 5 stars
C$140.39
-0.4%
C$131.33
-6.5%
+13.5%C$102.40BC$31.41B16.2346,700
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.136 of 5 stars
C$78.48
-0.6%
C$76.73
-2.2%
+26.4%C$97.32BC$29.60B13.8291,000
KEY
Keyera
2.4232 of 5 stars
C$43.43
+0.0%
C$43.62
+0.4%
+34.2%C$9.95BC$7B29.1417,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$42.25
+8.6%
N/A+202.6%C$3.95BC$171.99M-39.16219Gap Up
BLX
Boralex
2.9864 of 5 stars
C$29.30
+1.1%
C$43.38
+48.0%
-13.5%C$3.01BC$959M31.17180
SII
Sprott
1.3471 of 5 stars
C$62.54
+0.4%
C$67.00
+7.1%
+42.2%C$1.59BC$182.34M28.45170
BITF
Bitfarms
2.0574 of 5 stars
C$3.01
+9.1%
C$6.50
+115.9%
-26.4%C$1.36BC$172.70M-5.92110Gap Up
HIVE
HIVE Digital Technologies
0.3674 of 5 stars
C$5.66
+3.7%
C$9.00
+59.0%
+11.6%C$671.96MC$123.14M-11.7920Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WED
Westaim
1.8602 of 5 stars
C$5.10
-0.6%
C$7.75
+52.0%
+32.1%C$653.67MC$104.22M7.893,240Positive News

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This page (TSE:FFH) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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