IAG vs. WPM, ABX, FNV, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, AG, and EQX
Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
iA Financial vs.
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
iA Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$140.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.33%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of C$98.38, indicating a potential downside of 9.32%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
iA Financial received 301 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. iA Financial pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% 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.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, iA Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for iA Financial and 3 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat iA Financial's score of 0.22 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats iA Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
