IGM Financial (IGM) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ONEX or IGM?

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
Onex	C$645.09M	8.71	C$441.34M	C$12.59	8.91
IGM Financial	C$3.35B	3.06	C$934.91M	C$3.90	11.02

Is ONEX or IGM 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
Onex	68.42%	7.89%	4.04%
IGM Financial	27.93%	12.76%	4.51%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ONEX or IGM?

40.1% of Onex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of IGM Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Onex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 66.6% of IGM Financial shares are held by 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.

Is ONEX or IGM a better dividend stock?

Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Onex pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IGM Financial pays out 57.6% 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.

Do analysts prefer ONEX or IGM?

Onex presently has a consensus price target of C$130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.41%. IGM Financial has a consensus price target of C$48.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Onex is more favorable than IGM Financial.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ONEX or IGM?

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

Does the media favor ONEX or IGM?

In the previous week, IGM Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Onex. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IGM Financial and 1 mentions for Onex. Onex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat IGM Financial's score of -0.03 indicating that Onex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IGM Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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