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iA Financial (IAG) Competitors

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C$143.45 -1.33 (-0.92%)
As of 03:53 PM Eastern

IAG vs. WPM, ABX, FNV, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, AG, IMG, and NVA

Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), First Majestic Silver (AG), IAMGOLD (IMG), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

iA Financial vs. Its 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.

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.

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$851.18M48.20C$426.03MC$1.9267.32
iA FinancialC$14.46B0.93C$990.15MC$10.5013.67

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.

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 Metals50.05% 8.56% 5.35%
iA Financial 6.85%13.73%0.68%

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.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IAG vs. The Competition

MetriciA FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$13.46BC$191.62BC$6.42BC$6.29B
Dividend Yield2.61%5.17%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.6716.3514.0861.21
Price / Sales0.9313.491,735.191,290.94
Price / Cash4.571.84128.7283.29
Price / Book1.841.851.964.93
Net IncomeC$990.15MC$1.57BC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.68%1.08%1.06%2.03%
1 Month Performance-1.08%1.83%4.38%5.99%
1 Year Performance59.62%39.73%20.05%24.46%

iA Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IAG
iA Financial
1.2133 of 5 stars
C$143.45
-0.9%
C$141.00
-1.7%
+61.8%C$13.46BC$14.46B13.675,360
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.0241 of 5 stars
C$125.19
+0.5%
C$109.50
-12.5%
+57.8%C$39.70BC$851.18M65.1440Analyst Revision
ABX
Barrick Gold
2.5738 of 5 stars
C$29.09
+0.2%
C$33.13
+13.9%
+17.1%C$35.36BC$8.51B21.9021,300Analyst Revision
FNV
Franco-Nevada
1.0365 of 5 stars
C$217.13
-0.6%
C$237.00
+9.2%
+27.9%C$29.46BC$769.64M-46.8940Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.1304 of 5 stars
C$36.36
-0.2%
C$41.54
+14.3%
+52.2%C$10.75BC$879.15M43.292,400Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.7043 of 5 stars
C$40.76
-1.7%
C$52.50
+28.8%
+30.5%C$10.40BC$1.88B-218.5413,000
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.5934 of 5 stars
C$37.58
-1.5%
C$34.44
-8.3%
+58.9%C$7.02BC$248.46M-127.6730Analyst Revision
AG
First Majestic Silver
0.3026 of 5 stars
C$12.54
-1.2%
C$7.25
-42.2%
N/AC$4.24BC$621.80M-32.515,290
IMG
IAMGOLD
3.9957 of 5 stars
C$9.66
+0.1%
C$11.00
+13.9%
+81.1%C$3.93BC$1.12B5.015,360Analyst Revision
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.5455 of 5 stars
C$14.13
+0.5%
C$17.14
+21.3%
+1.3%C$2.89BC$1.22B9.8888Positive News

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