IAG vs. IGM, ONEX, X, DFY, ELF, EQB, GSY, CWB, CIX, and FN
Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), TMX Group (X), Definity Financial (DFY), E-L Financial (ELF), EQB (EQB), goeasy (GSY), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), CI Financial (CIX), and First National Financial (FN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
IGM Financial (TSE:IGM) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. IGM Financial pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 43.9% 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.
IGM Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$42.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.93%. iA Financial has a consensus price target of C$77.22, indicating a potential downside of 8.89%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IGM Financial is more favorable than iA Financial.
IGM Financial received 2 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.43% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave IGM Financial an outperform vote.
IGM Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iA Financial. IGM Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, IGM Financial had 4 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IGM Financial and 6 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat IGM Financial's score of 0.19 indicating that IGM Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
8.4% of IGM Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of iA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 59.0% of IGM Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of iA Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IGM Financial has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IGM Financial has a net margin of 31.03% compared to IGM Financial's net margin of 9.95%. iA Financial's return on equity of 14.46% beat IGM Financial's return on equity.
Summary
IGM Financial beats iA Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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