DFY vs. ELF, EQB, GSY, CWB, ONEX, FN, CIX, TSU, SII, and GLXY
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), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Onex (ONEX), First National Financial (FN), CI Financial (CIX), Trisura Group (TSU), Sprott (SII), and Galaxy Digital (GLXY). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) and Definity Financial (TSE:DFY) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Definity Financial had 14 more articles in the media than E-L Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Definity Financial and 2 mentions for E-L Financial. Definity Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat E-L Financial's score of 0.36 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
E-L Financial received 53 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 45.57% of users gave Definity Financial an outperform vote.
E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Definity Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. E-L Financial pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Definity Financial pays out 21.3% 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.
E-L Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
16.3% of E-L Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Definity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Definity Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
E-L Financial has a net margin of 34.70% compared to E-L Financial's net margin of 9.06%. Definity Financial's return on equity of 13.99% beat E-L Financial's return on equity.
Definity Financial has a consensus price target of C$48.95, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given E-L Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Definity Financial is more favorable than E-L Financial.
Summary
E-L Financial beats Definity Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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