IAG vs. AEM, ABX, WPM, FNV, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and EQX
Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
iA Financial vs.
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 185 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.41% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 50.08% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, iA Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for iA Financial and 13 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.16 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. iA Financial pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. iA Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
iA Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$140.63, indicating a potential upside of 10.62%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$125.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.61%. Given iA Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
Summary
iA Financial beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
