IAG vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, AGI, PAAS, 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), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), 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 (TSE:ABX) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
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.
Barrick Gold received 313 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barrick Gold pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 43.9% 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.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 31 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Barrick Gold and 7 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.08 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barrick Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$30.38, suggesting a potential upside of 30.69%. iA Financial has a consensus price target of C$129.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.24%. Given Barrick Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than iA Financial.
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.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats iA Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IAG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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