iA Financial (IAG) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts rate WPM or IAG?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$100.43, suggesting a potential downside of 12.38%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$140.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Given iA Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
iA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is WPM or IAG a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 31.2% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPM or IAG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 14 58.33%	Underperform Votes 10 41.67%
iA Financial	Outperform Votes 315 50.16%	Underperform Votes 313 49.84%

Is WPM or IAG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%

Does the media refer more to WPM or IAG?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled iA Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	Neutral
iA Financial	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WPM or IAG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	42.70	C$426.03M	C$1.92	59.64
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.82	C$990.15M	C$10.50	12.10

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WPM or IAG?

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, WPM or IAG?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats iA Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.