DFY vs. ELF, EQB, GSY, ONEX, CWB, CIX, FN, TSU, IAG, and IGM
Should you be buying Definity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Definity Financial include E-L Financial (ELF), EQB (EQB), goeasy (GSY), Onex (ONEX), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), Trisura Group (TSU), iA Financial (IAG), and IGM Financial (IGM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
E-L Financial received 55 more outperform votes than Definity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote while only 45.33% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.
E-L Financial has a net margin of 34.70% compared to Definity Financial's net margin of 9.06%. E-L Financial's return on equity of 13.99% beat Definity Financial's return on equity.
Definity Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Definity Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Definity Financial is more favorable than E-L Financial.
E-L Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Definity Financial. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.6% of Definity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Definity Financial had 3 more articles in the media than E-L Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Definity Financial and 6 mentions for E-L Financial. E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Definity Financial's score of 0.26 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Definity Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Definity Financial pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. E-L Financial pays out 6.1% 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.
Summary
E-L Financial beats Definity Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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