IAG vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, AGI, PAAS, OR, YRI, IMG, AG, and EQX
Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Yamana Gold (YRI), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
iA Financial vs. Its Competitors
Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both large-cap precious metals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Barrick Gold pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 32.9% 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.
Barrick Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$33.14, indicating a potential downside of 11.43%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$145.88, indicating a potential downside of 1.26%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Barrick Gold.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.578846, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 0.800507, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrick Gold has a net margin of 13.19% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 1 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barrick Gold and 1 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.66 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than iA Financial. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.7% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats iA Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
