IAMGOLD (IMG) Competitors

IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both precious metals companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IMG or IAG?

64.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, IMG or IAG?

IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IMG or IAG more profitable?

IAMGOLD has a net margin of 49.57% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 27.91% beat iA Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IAMGOLD	49.57%	27.91%	2.54%
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IMG or IAG?

iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA 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
IAMGOLD	C$1.12B	3.53	C$557.06M	C$1.93	5.07
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.93	C$990.15M	C$10.50	13.68

Do analysts prefer IMG or IAG?

IAMGOLD presently has a consensus price target of C$11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.59%. iA Financial has a consensus price target of C$141.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.84%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than iA Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IAMGOLD	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
iA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media favor IMG or IAG?

In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 7 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for IAMGOLD and 4 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.94 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IAMGOLD	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
iA Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IAMGOLD beats iA Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.