iA Financial (IAG) Competitors

iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) are both large-cap precious metals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IAG or WPM?

48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IAG or WPM?

iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.95	C$990.15M	C$10.50	13.89
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	45.42	C$426.03M	C$1.92	63.43

Does the media refer more to IAG or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 5 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 4 mentions for iA Financial. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat iA Financial's score of 0.88 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iA Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IAG or WPM a better dividend stock?

iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. iA Financial pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, IAG or WPM?

iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IAG or WPM?

iA Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$139.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.16%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of C$109.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.18%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.44

Is IAG or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats iA Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.