iA Financial (IAG) Competitors C$132.33 +1.67 (+1.28%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider Trades IAG vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, PAAS, AGI, YRI, OR, IMG, EQX, and NVAShould you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry. iA Financial vs. Barrick Gold Wheaton Precious Metals Franco-Nevada Pan American Silver Alamos Gold Yamana Gold Osisko Gold Royalties IAMGOLD Equinox Gold NuVista Energy iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability. Which has more volatility & risk, IAG or ABX? iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is IAG or ABX a better dividend stock? iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. iA Financial pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold pays out 45.4% 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. iA Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts rate IAG or ABX? iA Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$129.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.95%. Barrick Gold has a consensus target price of C$30.17, indicating a potential upside of 35.76%. Given Barrick Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than iA Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score iA Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Barrick Gold 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.82 Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IAG or ABX? Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than iA Financial. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioiA FinancialC$8.42B1.50C$742MC$7.4717.71Barrick GoldC$11.83B3.29C$1.51BC$1.1918.67 Does the MarketBeat Community favor IAG or ABX? Barrick Gold received 312 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformiA FinancialOutperform Votes31150.16% Underperform Votes30949.84% Barrick GoldOutperform Votes62363.25% Underperform Votes36236.75% Is IAG or ABX more profitable? Barrick Gold has a net margin of 12.78% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 9.02%. iA Financial's return on equity of 10.51% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets iA Financial9.02% 10.51% 0.68% Barrick Gold 12.78%7.20%4.00% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IAG or ABX? 48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by 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. Does the media refer more to IAG or ABX? In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 2 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Barrick Gold and 4 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.17 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment iA Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Barrick Gold 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryBarrick Gold beats iA Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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.Skip Chart IAG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetriciA FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$12.59BC$18.87BC$3.54BC$5.82BDividend Yield2.86%5.21%4.42%5.78%P/E Ratio17.7143.93436.4126.08Price / Sales1.5015.792,204.741,299.55Price / Cash4.571.8450.4579.99Price / Book1.891.771.513.06Net IncomeC$742MC$1.36BC$418.67MC$291.80M7 Day Performance-0.94%-1.87%-1.56%-2.47%1 Month Performance-2.14%3.91%0.74%-0.74%1 Year Performance47.28%22.23%9.63%33.90% iA Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IAGiA Financial1.8263 of 5 starsC$132.33+1.3%C$129.75-1.9%+45.9%C$12.59BC$8.42B17.715,360News CoverageABXBarrick Gold3.5293 of 5 starsC$23.26-2.7%C$31.00+33.3%-6.4%C$40.71BC$11.83B20.0821,300Analyst ForecastWPMWheaton Precious Metals3.1214 of 5 starsC$85.61-0.7%C$97.67+14.1%N/AC$38.84BC$1.13B49.8440Positive NewsFNVFranco-Nevada1.2185 of 5 starsC$170.17+0.0%C$190.80+12.1%+14.8%C$32.75BC$1.12B-40.5940Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePAASPan American Silver1.5579 of 5 starsC$31.43-0.6%C$44.25+40.8%+39.1%C$11.41BC$2.57B-56.4513,000AGIAlamos Gold1.6304 of 5 starsC$27.16-0.3%C$26.50-2.4%+43.6%C$11.40BC$1.12B40.042,400News CoverageYRIYamana GoldN/AC$7.89+0.1%N/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading VolumeOROsisko Gold Royalties0.7259 of 5 starsC$27.10-0.1%C$30.25+11.6%+35.8%C$5.05BC$252.83M-54.2430IMGIAMGOLD2.7101 of 5 starsC$7.59-0.1%C$7.29-4.0%+113.8%C$4.33BC$1.25B23.755,360Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageEQXEquinox GoldN/AC$7.78-1.3%N/A+13.3%C$3.53BC$1.09B9.737,730NVANuVista Energy4.1596 of 5 starsC$13.47+0.2%C$16.08+19.4%+11.7%C$2.78BC$1.23B8.3588Analyst DowngradeNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Barrick Gold Competitors Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors Franco-Nevada Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Alamos Gold Competitors Yamana Gold Competitors Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors IAMGOLD Competitors Equinox Gold Competitors NuVista Energy Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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