Earnings are up 20.7% at Intact Financial

Earnings are up 20.7% at Intact Financial

Higher premiums from personal lines and commercial business also drove revenue 6.2% higher in the most recent quarter.

What’s more, a 10% dividend increase and sharply higher earnings signal a strong future ahead. The shares are up 20.7% this year and 119.1% over the last five… Read More

These dividend ETFs offer you regular income

Higher interest rates mean dividend-paying stocks must increasingly compete with fixed-income investments for investor interest. However, sustainable dividends still offer an attractive and growing income stream for investors.
Meanwhile, dividend-focused ETFs often follow strategies that can set investors up for maximum long-term gains with the least… Read More

Earnings just rose 4.4% at Intact Financial

Earnings just rose 4.4% at Intact Financial

For 2023, we have singled-out growth stocks we think offer exceptional prospects in the year ahead. Intact Financial is a market leader in its sector.

What’s more, a recent general and specialty insurance acquisition has expanded the company’s reach into the U.K.

Meanwhile the stock trades at… Read More

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Here’s the second part of our discussion on ETFs representing each of the five main economic sectors. Here we cover ETFs in Resources, Manufacturing and Financials.
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Intact Financial still has room to move higher

When choosing stocks for the Finance sector of their portfolio, most investors gravitate toward banks. However, there are many high quality, non-bank financial stocks that you should also consider. For instance, we think Intact Financial offers investors a particularly unique combination of value and growth.

For… Read More

Massive revenue boost and high demand make Intact Financial Corp. a buy

Massive revenue boost and high demand make Intact Financial Corp. a buy

Improved sales from a recent acquisition fuelled a 41.3% revenue increase for this company during the most-recent quarter.

High demand for insurance also means the company can write more profitable policies despite recent higher catastrophe-related losses.

The stock trades at 16.4 times the company’s 2022 earnings forecast.

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INTACT… Read More

Intact grows with savvy acquisitions

Intact Financial is now hitting new highs—and the shares are up a spectacular 364% since we first recommended them at $42.95 in our April 2010 issue. We think this Power Buy is poised to keep moving even higher for our subscribers.
INTACT FINANCIAL, $199.33, is a buy. The insurer… Read More