IGM Financial (IGM) Competitors

IGM Financial (TSE:IGM) and Onex (TSE:ONEX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Is IGM or ONEX more profitable?

Onex has a net margin of 68.42% compared to IGM Financial's net margin of 27.93%. IGM Financial's return on equity of 12.76% beat Onex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IGM Financial	27.93%	12.76%	4.51%
Onex	68.42%	7.89%	4.04%

Is IGM or ONEX a better dividend stock?

IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. IGM Financial pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Onex pays out 3.2% 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.

Does the media refer more to IGM or ONEX?

In the previous week, IGM Financial had 14 more articles in the media than Onex. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for IGM Financial and 2 mentions for Onex. IGM Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Onex's score of 0.20 indicating that IGM Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IGM Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Onex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, IGM or ONEX?

IGM Financial has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer IGM or ONEX?

IGM Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$50.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.60%. Onex has a consensus target price of C$130.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Onex is more favorable than IGM Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IGM Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Onex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IGM or ONEX?

8.0% of IGM Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of Onex shares are held by institutional investors. 66.6% of IGM Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Onex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IGM or ONEX?

IGM Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Onex. Onex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IGM Financial, 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
IGM Financial	C$3.35B	3.20	C$934.91M	C$3.90	11.51
Onex	C$645.09M	8.61	C$441.34M	C$12.59	8.80

Summary

IGM Financial beats Onex on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.