Fairfax Financial (FFH) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FFH or TD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fairfax Financial	C$33.32B	1.34	C$4.04B	C$224.58	8.53
Toronto-Dominion Bank	C$52.31B	2.64	C$7.69B	C$4.32	18.24

Which has more risk and volatility, FFH or TD?

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

Is FFH or TD more profitable?

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
Fairfax Financial	12.27%	17.91%	4.27%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	15.72%	7.33%	0.43%

Do analysts rate FFH or TD?

Fairfax Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$2,025.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.74%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of C$86.65, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Fairfax Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fairfax Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Toronto-Dominion Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the media refer more to FFH or TD?

In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 5 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 3 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Fairfax Financial's score of -0.46 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fairfax Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Toronto-Dominion Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FFH or TD?

38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FFH or TD?

Toronto-Dominion Bank received 187 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.05% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fairfax Financial	Outperform Votes 384 63.05%	Underperform Votes 225 36.95%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 571 54.48%	Underperform Votes 477 45.52%

Is FFH or TD a better dividend stock?

Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Fairfax Financial pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

Toronto-Dominion Bank beats Fairfax Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.