IGM Financial (IGM) Competitors

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

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%

Is ONEX or IGM a better dividend stock?

Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Onex pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IGM Financial pays out 54.9% 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$142.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.97%. IGM Financial has a consensus price target of C$52.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.72%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
IGM Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor ONEX or IGM?

In the previous week, Onex had 6 more articles in the media than IGM Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Onex and 2 mentions for IGM Financial. IGM Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Onex's score of -0.09 indicating that IGM Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ONEX or IGM?

IGM Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Onex. IGM Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onex, 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$841M	9.92	C$441.34M	C$7.33	16.59
IGM Financial	C$3.63B	3.38	C$934.91M	C$4.10	12.66

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ONEX or IGM?

44.3% of Onex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.3% of IGM Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Onex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.6% of IGM Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ONEX or IGM?

Onex has a beta of 1.157491, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IGM Financial has a beta of 1.073535, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Onex beats IGM Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.