iA Financial (IAG) Competitors

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

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

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

Do analysts rate WPM or IAG?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$110.86, indicating a potential downside of 14.31%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$141.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.71%. Given iA Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

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

Does the media prefer WPM or IAG?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 21 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 2 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.53 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
iA Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WPM or IAG?

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
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	48.20	C$426.03M	C$1.92	67.32
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.93	C$990.15M	C$10.50	13.67

Which has more volatility and risk, WPM or IAG?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less 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.

Is WPM or IAG 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
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%

Is WPM or IAG a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 31.2% 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.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats iA Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.