IGM vs. ONEX, CIX, BAM, IAG, X, DFY, ELF, EQB, GSY, and CWB
Should you be buying IGM Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IGM Financial include Onex (ONEX), CI Financial (CIX), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), iA Financial (IAG), TMX Group (X), Definity Financial (DFY), E-L Financial (ELF), EQB (EQB), goeasy (GSY), and Canadian Western Bank (CWB). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
IGM Financial (TSE:IGM) and Onex (TSE:ONEX) 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 media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Onex has a net margin of 48.85% compared to IGM Financial's net margin of 31.03%. IGM Financial's return on equity of 14.46% beat Onex's return on equity.
In the previous week, IGM Financial had 24 more articles in the media than Onex. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for IGM Financial and 3 mentions for Onex. IGM Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Onex's score of 0.24 indicating that IGM Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IGM Financial received 16 more outperform votes than Onex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.12% of users gave Onex an outperform vote while only 45.11% of users gave IGM Financial an outperform vote.
IGM Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Onex. IGM Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.4% of IGM Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Onex shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.0% of IGM Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Onex shares are owned 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.
IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. IGM Financial pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Onex pays out 4.4% 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 target price of C$43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.72%. Onex has a consensus target price of C$108.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.86%. Given IGM Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IGM Financial is more favorable than Onex.
IGM Financial has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IGM Financial beats Onex on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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