Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KWY – Get Free Report) and NCR Atleos (NYSE:NATL – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Kingsway Financial Services and NCR Atleos, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kingsway Financial Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| NCR Atleos | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
NCR Atleos has a consensus price target of $50.27, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Given NCR Atleos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NCR Atleos is more favorable than Kingsway Financial Services.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kingsway Financial Services | -6.69% | -61.62% | -4.45% |
| NCR Atleos | 4.44% | 83.41% | 5.87% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Kingsway Financial Services and NCR Atleos”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kingsway Financial Services | $134.97 million | 2.10 | -$10.73 million | ($0.30) | -32.67 |
| NCR Atleos | $4.35 billion | 0.78 | $162.00 million | $2.58 | 17.90 |
NCR Atleos has higher revenue and earnings than Kingsway Financial Services. Kingsway Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NCR Atleos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
72.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of NCR Atleos shares are held by institutional investors. 41.4% of Kingsway Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of NCR Atleos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Kingsway Financial Services has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCR Atleos has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NCR Atleos beats Kingsway Financial Services on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kingsway Financial Services
Kingsway Financial Services Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the extended warranty business services, asset management, and real estate businesses. The company operates through three segments: Extended Warranty, Leased Real Estate, and Kingsway Search Xcelerator. The Extended Warranty segment markets, sells, and administers vehicle service agreements and related products for new and used automobiles, motorcycles, and ATVs. This segment also sells new home warranty products, as well as offers uninsured warrant administration services to homebuilders and homeowners; markets and distributes warranty products to manufacturers, distributors, and installers of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, standby generator, commercial LED lighting, and commercial refrigeration equipment; and provides equipment breakdown and maintenance support services to companies. The Leased Real Estate segment owns a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 192 acres located in the State of Texas. The Kingsway Search Xcelerator offers outsourced finance and human resources consulting services, including operational accounting, such as bookkeeping, accounting, financial reporting, and analysis and strategic finance services; technical accounting comprising initial public offerings, SEC reporting, and international consolidation services; human resources, workforce management, and compliance support services; and advisory services. The company offers its products and services through credit unions, dealers, homebuilders, and consumers. Kingsway Financial Services Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Itasca, Illinois.
About NCR Atleos
NCR Atleos Corporation operates as a financial technology company in the United States, rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Self-Service Banking, Network, and Telecommunications & Technology (T&T). The Self-Service Banking segment offers solutions, including a line of automated teller machine (ATM) and interactive teller machine (ITM) hardware and software, as well as related installation, maintenance, and managed and professional services; and solutions to manage and run the ATM channel end-to-end for financial institutions comprising back office, cash management, software management and ATM deployment, and others. The Network segment provides a network of ATMs and multi-functioning financial services kiosks for financial institutions, fintechs, neobanks, and retailers; Allpoint network for credit unions, banks, digital banks, fintechs, stored-value debit card issuers, and other consumer financial services providers; ReadyCode to convert a digital value to cash or cash to a digital value; ATM branding solutions to financial institutions; ATM management and services to retailers and other businesses; and engages in the buying and selling of Bitcoins. The T&T segment offers managed network and infrastructure services to enterprise clients across various industries through communications service providers and technology manufacturers; and professional, field, and remote services for modern network technologies, including software-defined wide area networking, network functions virtualization, wireless local area networks, optical networking, and edge networks. NCR Atleos Corporation is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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