Fairfax India (FIH.U) Competitors

Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) and Onex (TSE:ONEX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FIH.U or ONEX?

Onex has higher revenue and earnings than Fairfax India. Onex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fairfax India, 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 India	C$404.28M	4.17	C$228.56M	C$1.68	9.54
Onex	C$645.09M	7.04	C$441.34M	C$12.59	7.20

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FIH.U or ONEX?

31.8% of Fairfax India shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of Onex shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Onex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIH.U or ONEX?

Onex received 164 more outperform votes than Fairfax India when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave Fairfax India an outperform vote while only 57.03% of users gave Onex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fairfax India	Outperform Votes 132 57.89%	Underperform Votes 96 42.11%
Onex	Outperform Votes 296 57.03%	Underperform Votes 223 42.97%

Is FIH.U or ONEX more profitable?

Onex has a net margin of 68.42% compared to Fairfax India's net margin of 56.53%. Onex's return on equity of 7.89% beat Fairfax India's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fairfax India	56.53%	7.81%	5.34%
Onex	68.42%	7.89%	4.04%

Do analysts rate FIH.U or ONEX?

Onex has a consensus target price of C$129.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.89%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Onex is more favorable than Fairfax India.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fairfax India	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Onex	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor FIH.U or ONEX?

In the previous week, Onex had 1 more articles in the media than Fairfax India. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Onex and 3 mentions for Fairfax India. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Onex's score of 0.30 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fairfax India	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Onex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, FIH.U or ONEX?

Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Onex beats Fairfax India on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.