iA Financial (IAG) Competitors

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

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%

Does the media favor WPM or IAG?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 2 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 2 mentions for iA Financial. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat iA Financial's score of 0.54 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer WPM or IAG?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$109.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.10%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$139.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.69%. Given iA Financial's higher possible 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

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 0.7%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, WPM or IAG?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPM or IAG?

iA Financial received 302 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 15 55.56%	Underperform Votes 12 44.44%
iA Financial	Outperform Votes 317 50.16%	Underperform Votes 315 49.84%

Which has stronger 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	45.38	C$426.03M	C$1.92	63.38
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.91	C$990.15M	C$10.50	13.41

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats iA Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.