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Definity Financial (DFY) Competitors

C$43.23
+0.92 (+2.17%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

DFY vs. KFS, IFC, FFH, X, IAG, IGM, ONEX, ELF, EQB, and GSY

Should you be buying Definity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Definity Financial include Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Intact Financial (IFC), Fairfax Financial (FFH), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), E-L Financial (ELF), EQB (EQB), and goeasy (GSY).

Definity Financial vs.

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (TSE:KFS) and Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) received 67 more outperform votes than Definity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) an outperform vote while only 45.57% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)Outperform Votes
103
70.55%
Underperform Votes
43
29.45%
Definity FinancialOutperform Votes
36
45.57%
Underperform Votes
43
54.43%

Definity Financial has a net margin of 8.94% compared to Definity Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s return on equity of 12.27% beat Definity Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)N/A N/A N/A
Definity Financial 8.94%12.27%4.41%

Definity Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)C$53.38M0.00-C$20.50M-C$0.92N/A
Definity FinancialC$3.96B1.26C$354.40MC$3.0314.27

Definity Financial has a consensus price target of C$48.95, suggesting a potential upside of 13.23%.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Definity Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Definity Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Definity Financial and 0 mentions for Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO). Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)'s average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Definity Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Definity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) Neutral
Definity Financial Positive

60.5% of Definity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Definity Financial beats Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DFY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DFY vs. The Competition

MetricDefinity FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.98BC$10.45BC$3.19BC$5.45B
Dividend Yield1.45%4.79%4.51%5.58%
P/E Ratio14.27397.00467.4820.78
Price / Sales1.2667.412,032.912,548.93
Price / Cash12.314.5750.2079.75
Price / Book1.702.161.483.54
Net IncomeC$354.40MC$786.48MC$340.58MC$287.78M
7 Day Performance-0.55%-0.24%-0.17%-0.16%
1 Month Performance-6.04%1.40%1.84%2.59%
1 Year Performance17.12%18.11%15.53%29.05%

Definity Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00N/A
IFC
Intact Financial
2.049 of 5 stars
C$225.43
+1.5%
C$247.30
+9.7%
+15.5%C$40.19BC$29.04B26.1830,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
2.7005 of 5 stars
C$1,518.01
-0.3%
C$1,820.83
+19.9%
+58.3%C$33.11BC$31.89B7.2247,040Insider Selling
X
TMX Group
0.9787 of 5 stars
C$35.89
-0.3%
C$39.88
+11.1%
-75.0%C$9.95BC$2.97B24.581,803
IAG
iA Financial
1.2189 of 5 stars
C$89.03
+0.0%
C$89.72
+0.8%
+1.9%C$8.76BC$8.11B12.305,222
IGM
IGM Financial
1.9033 of 5 stars
C$36.15
+0.8%
C$44.00
+21.7%
-7.7%C$8.58BC$3.58B11.193,300Positive News
ONEX
Onex
1.191 of 5 stars
C$95.43
+0.3%
C$113.00
+18.4%
+58.8%C$7.33BC$1.12B7.26492
ELF
E-L Financial
0 of 5 stars
C$1,150.00
+1.6%
N/A+29.5%C$3.98BC$3.07B3.662,018Gap Up
EQB
EQB
3.4957 of 5 stars
C$85.90
+9.0%
C$101.78
+18.5%
+32.6%C$3.28BC$1.12B9.231,800Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GSY
goeasy
3.2281 of 5 stars
C$178.50
+1.4%
C$208.80
+17.0%
+70.9%C$2.99BC$766.61M12.002,404Positive News

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This page (TSE:DFY) was last updated on 6/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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