MCAN Mortgage (MKP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, FN or MKP?

First National Financial has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MCAN Mortgage has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FN or MKP?

First National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than MCAN Mortgage. MCAN Mortgage 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First National Financial	C$1.73B	1.40	C$185.07M	C$3.07	13.09
MCAN Mortgage	C$173.49M	4.07	C$91.55M	C$2.35	7.73

Is FN or MKP more profitable?

MCAN Mortgage has a net margin of 52.77% compared to First National Financial's net margin of 10.70%. First National Financial's return on equity of 24.41% beat MCAN Mortgage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First National Financial	10.70%	24.41%	0.48%
MCAN Mortgage	52.77%	15.63%	1.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FN or MKP?

MCAN Mortgage received 49 more outperform votes than First National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave MCAN Mortgage an outperform vote while only 44.02% of users gave First National Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First National Financial	Outperform Votes 228 44.02%	Underperform Votes 290 55.98%
MCAN Mortgage	Outperform Votes 277 66.43%	Underperform Votes 140 33.57%

Does the media favor FN or MKP?

In the previous week, First National Financial and First National Financial both had 1 articles in the media. MCAN Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat First National Financial's score of 0.20 indicating that MCAN Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First National Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MCAN Mortgage	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FN or MKP?

4.0% of First National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.5% of First National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FN or MKP?

First National Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$42.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.16%. MCAN Mortgage has a consensus price target of C$19.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.80%. Given First National Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First National Financial is more favorable than MCAN Mortgage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
MCAN Mortgage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FN or MKP a better dividend stock?

First National Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. MCAN Mortgage pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. First National Financial pays out 79.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MCAN Mortgage pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MCAN Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

First National Financial beats MCAN Mortgage on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.