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First National Financial (FN) Competitors

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C$43.03 +0.30 (+0.70%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

FN vs. HCG, ECN, MKP, TF, AI, FC, TII, BCF, FDI, and ONEX

Should you be buying First National Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First National Financial include Home Capital Group (HCG), ECN Capital (ECN), MCAN Mortgage (MKP), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Terra Firma Capital (TII), Builders Capital Mortgage (BCF), Findev (FDI), and Onex (ONEX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

First National Financial vs.

Home Capital Group (TSE:HCG) and First National Financial (TSE:FN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Home Capital Group has a net margin of 33.98% compared to First National Financial's net margin of 32.60%. First National Financial's return on equity of 30.22% beat Home Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Home Capital Group33.98% 10.77% 0.77%
First National Financial 32.60%30.22%0.48%

In the previous week, First National Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Home Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First National Financial and 0 mentions for Home Capital Group. First National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Home Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that First National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Home Capital Group Neutral
First National Financial Positive

Home Capital Group has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First National Financial has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

First National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Capital Group. Home Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Home Capital GroupC$512.55M0.00C$174.16MC$4.48N/A
First National FinancialC$711.26M3.63C$227.90MC$3.8011.32

Home Capital Group received 105 more outperform votes than First National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.99% of users gave Home Capital Group an outperform vote while only 44.02% of users gave First National Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Home Capital GroupOutperform Votes
333
45.99%
Underperform Votes
391
54.01%
First National FinancialOutperform Votes
228
44.02%
Underperform Votes
290
55.98%

Home Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. First National Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Home Capital Group pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First National Financial pays out 64.5% 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.

33.1% of Home Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of First National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Home Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of First National Financial 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.

First National Financial has a consensus price target of C$42.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.84%. Given Home Capital Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Home Capital Group is more favorable than First National Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Home Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
First National Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

First National Financial beats Home Capital Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FN vs. The Competition

MetricFirst National FinancialMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.58BC$697.02MC$3.30BC$6.08B
Dividend Yield6.18%6.93%4.45%5.33%
P/E Ratio11.32204.53417.4626.33
Price / Sales3.6373.893,471.561,427.12
Price / Cash1.0426.1950.9282.02
Price / Book3.792.311.413.06
Net IncomeC$227.90MC$80.87MC$380.36MC$291.48M
7 Day Performance1.03%0.52%0.12%-0.14%
1 Month Performance7.44%1.13%0.23%-1.45%
1 Year Performance14.02%14.11%16.18%42.59%

First National Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FN
First National Financial
3.0255 of 5 stars
C$43.03
+0.7%
C$42.67
-0.8%
+13.9%C$2.58BC$711.26M11.321,772Insider Buying
News Coverage
Positive News
HCG
Home Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.69BC$512.55M9.88836
ECN
ECN Capital
1.2352 of 5 stars
C$2.91
-1.4%
N/A+43.5%C$818.06MC$104.77M-8.82620Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MKP
MCAN Mortgage
1.8467 of 5 stars
C$19.69
+1.0%
N/A+28.9%C$751.17MC$131.16M8.95142Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
TF
Timbercreek Financial
1.3989 of 5 stars
C$7.72
+0.9%
N/A+18.6%C$640.84MC$86.86M10.58N/A
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
1.4722 of 5 stars
C$11.25
+1.4%
N/A+7.2%C$500.85MC$56.76M10.82700News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FC
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
N/AC$11.31
+0.5%
N/A+15.0%C$415.42MC$45.43M11.421,150Positive News
TII
Terra Firma Capital
N/AC$7.25
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%C$40.46MC$5.09M22.6633,000
BCF
Builders Capital Mortgage
N/AC$9.06
+0.6%
N/A+6.4%C$20.39MN/A8.71N/A
FDI
Findev
N/AC$0.44
+1.1%
N/A+24.6%C$12.61MC$3.61M6.29N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
ONEX
Onex
2.2082 of 5 stars
C$115.97
+0.7%
N/A+28.6%C$8.83BC$1.10B8.27492

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This page (TSE:FN) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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