SLF vs. IAG, TD, BN, BMO, BNS, MFC, CM, IFC, NA, and GWO
Should you be buying Sun Life Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Life Financial include iA Financial (IAG), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Brookfield (BN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Manulife Financial (MFC), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Intact Financial (IFC), National Bank of Canada (NA), and Great-West Lifeco (GWO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sun Life Financial had 2 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sun Life Financial and 1 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.59 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sun Life Financial has a net margin of 10.12% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 9.25%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.68% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.
48.3% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than iA Financial. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Life Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. iA Financial pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 62.3% 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.
iA Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$89.72, indicating a potential upside of 2.95%. Sun Life Financial has a consensus target price of C$76.09, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than iA Financial.
Sun Life Financial received 336 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.85% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote while only 51.17% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Sun Life Financial beats iA Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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