IGM Financial (IGM) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend IGM or ONEX?

IGM Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$48.86, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Onex has a consensus target price of C$130.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.72%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Onex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IGM or ONEX?

IGM Financial received 15 more outperform votes than Onex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.28% of users gave Onex an outperform vote while only 44.54% of users gave IGM Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IGM Financial	Outperform Votes 314 44.54%	Underperform Votes 391 55.46%
Onex	Outperform Votes 299 57.28%	Underperform Votes 223 42.72%

Does the media prefer IGM or ONEX?

In the previous week, Onex had 2 more articles in the media than IGM Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Onex and 1 mentions for IGM Financial. IGM Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Onex's score of 0.17 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Onex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 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, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IGM or ONEX?

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

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 5.1%. 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.

Which has higher valuation & 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	3.13	C$934.91M	C$3.90	11.26
Onex	C$645.09M	8.33	C$441.34M	C$12.59	8.52

Summary

Onex beats IGM Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.