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iA Financial (IAG) Competitors

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C$132.33 +1.67 (+1.28%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

IAG vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, PAAS, AGI, YRI, OR, IMG, EQX, and NVA

Should 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.

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.

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.

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.

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)
2.67
Barrick Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

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 Ratio
iA FinancialC$8.42B1.50C$742MC$7.4717.71
Barrick GoldC$11.83B3.29C$1.51BC$1.1918.67

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
iA FinancialOutperform Votes
311
50.16%
Underperform Votes
309
49.84%
Barrick GoldOutperform Votes
623
63.25%
Underperform Votes
362
36.75%

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%

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.

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

Summary

Barrick Gold beats iA Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IAG vs. The Competition

MetriciA FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$12.59BC$18.87BC$3.54BC$5.82B
Dividend Yield2.86%5.21%4.42%5.78%
P/E Ratio17.7143.93436.4126.08
Price / Sales1.5015.792,204.741,299.55
Price / Cash4.571.8450.4579.99
Price / Book1.891.771.513.06
Net IncomeC$742MC$1.36BC$418.67MC$291.80M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IAG
iA Financial
1.8263 of 5 stars
C$132.33
+1.3%
C$129.75
-1.9%
+45.9%C$12.59BC$8.42B17.715,360News Coverage
ABX
Barrick Gold
3.5293 of 5 stars
C$23.26
-2.7%
C$31.00
+33.3%
-6.4%C$40.71BC$11.83B20.0821,300Analyst Forecast
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.1214 of 5 stars
C$85.61
-0.7%
C$97.67
+14.1%
N/AC$38.84BC$1.13B49.8440Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
1.2185 of 5 stars
C$170.17
+0.0%
C$190.80
+12.1%
+14.8%C$32.75BC$1.12B-40.5940Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.5579 of 5 stars
C$31.43
-0.6%
C$44.25
+40.8%
+39.1%C$11.41BC$2.57B-56.4513,000
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.6304 of 5 stars
C$27.16
-0.3%
C$26.50
-2.4%
+43.6%C$11.40BC$1.12B40.042,400News Coverage
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AC$7.89
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.7259 of 5 stars
C$27.10
-0.1%
C$30.25
+11.6%
+35.8%C$5.05BC$252.83M-54.2430
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.7101 of 5 stars
C$7.59
-0.1%
C$7.29
-4.0%
+113.8%C$4.33BC$1.25B23.755,360Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$7.78
-1.3%
N/A+13.3%C$3.53BC$1.09B9.737,730
NVA
NuVista Energy
4.1596 of 5 stars
C$13.47
+0.2%
C$16.08
+19.4%
+11.7%C$2.78BC$1.23B8.3588Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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