IAG vs. AEM, WPM, ABX, FNV, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and NVA
Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
iA Financial vs.
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$139.67, suggesting a potential downside of 12.88%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$139.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.19%. Given iA Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. iA Financial pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, iA Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for iA Financial and 0 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat iA Financial's score of 0.14 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of iA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of iA Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 188 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.48% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines and iA Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
