IGM vs. ONEX, CIX, SII, FIH.U, GCG, GCG.A, UNC, CVG, WED, and LBS
Should you be buying IGM Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IGM Financial include Onex (ONEX), CI Financial (CIX), Sprott (SII), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Westaim (WED), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
IGM Financial vs. Its Competitors
IGM Financial (TSE:IGM) and Onex (TSE:ONEX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
IGM Financial has a beta of 1.052518, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.14243, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. IGM Financial pays out 54.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Onex pays out 3.9% 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.
In the previous week, IGM Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Onex. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for IGM Financial and 2 mentions for Onex. Onex's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat IGM Financial's score of -0.09 indicating that Onex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
IGM Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$52.29, indicating a potential upside of 2.40%. Onex has a consensus target price of C$139.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Onex is more favorable than IGM Financial.
8.4% of IGM Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Onex beats IGM Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:IGM) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
