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C$272.33 -3.04 (-1.10%)
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IFC vs. FFH, DFY, KFS, TD, BMO, BAM, BNS, BN, CM, and MFC

Should you be buying Intact Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intact Financial include Fairfax Financial (FFH), Definity Financial (DFY), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Brookfield (BN), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and Manulife Financial (MFC).

Intact Financial vs. Its Competitors

Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) and Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of C$20.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Intact Financial pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fairfax Financial pays out 7.8% 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.

Fairfax Financial has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Intact Financial's net margin of 8.60%. Fairfax Financial's return on equity of 17.43% beat Intact Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intact Financial8.60% 13.13% 3.55%
Fairfax Financial 13.90%17.43%4.27%

Intact Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$322.20, suggesting a potential upside of 17.99%. Fairfax Financial has a consensus price target of C$2,742.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Intact Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intact Financial is more favorable than Fairfax Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intact Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Fairfax Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

53.7% of Intact Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Intact Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intact Financial and 0 mentions for Fairfax Financial. Intact Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Fairfax Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Intact Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Intact Financial Neutral
Fairfax Financial Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intact FinancialC$26.64B1.82C$2.29BC$12.9121.14
Fairfax FinancialC$21.14B1.79C$2.94BC$261.169.05

Intact Financial has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fairfax Financial beats Intact Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IFC vs. The Competition

MetricIntact FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$48.58BC$14.43BC$6.45BC$6.37B
Dividend Yield1.68%4.42%4.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio21.1413.6614.3571.68
Price / Sales1.82114.931,749.191,604.50
Price / Cash11.995.1449.0783.29
Price / Book2.683.173.475.30
Net IncomeC$2.29BC$914.48MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.95%-0.36%0.87%4.29%
1 Month Performance-10.51%0.68%2.09%4.04%
1 Year Performance8.03%30.27%23.68%44.59%

Intact Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFC
Intact Financial
1.427 of 5 stars
C$272.33
-1.1%
C$322.20
+18.3%
+9.0%C$48.44BC$26.64B21.0930,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
3.4898 of 5 stars
C$2,399.65
+0.7%
C$2,742.86
+14.3%
+49.9%C$38.49BC$21.14B9.1919,300
DFY
Definity Financial
1.7131 of 5 stars
C$71.55
-0.3%
C$74.20
+3.7%
+43.3%C$8.25BC$4.40B15.153,442Positive News
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.5838 of 5 stars
C$102.08
-0.3%
C$95.31
-6.6%
+27.6%C$179.09BC$56.16B20.2393,700
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.6831 of 5 stars
C$156.13
-0.4%
C$150.23
-3.8%
+32.3%C$113.09BC$53.67B15.4146,700News Coverage
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
1.8682 of 5 stars
C$84.55
-0.4%
C$79.00
-6.6%
N/AC$99.26BC$3.71B29.092,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
1.9131 of 5 stars
C$78.53
+0.1%
C$78.57
+0.1%
+21.5%C$96.23BC$43.73B12.4191,000Trending News
BN
Brookfield
0.9894 of 5 stars
C$89.85
-0.7%
C$81.00
-9.8%
+35.6%C$95.50BC$63.79B106.80180,000
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
2.122 of 5 stars
C$101.90
-0.1%
C$99.46
-2.4%
+36.9%C$95.33BC$25.37B13.4648,552
MFC
Manulife Financial
3.0499 of 5 stars
C$42.29
+0.7%
C$47.75
+12.9%
+13.6%C$74.18BC$45.06B13.1640,000Dividend Announcement

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