IAG vs. SLF, FFH, POW, BAM, X, IGM, ONEX, DFY, ELF, and EQB
Should you be buying iA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iA Financial include Sun Life Financial (SLF), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TMX Group (X), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Definity Financial (DFY), E-L Financial (ELF), and EQB (EQB). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
56.8% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of iA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of iA Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sun Life Financial pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 45.3% 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.
Sun Life Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$76.09, indicating a potential upside of 13.08%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$89.72, indicating a potential upside of 1.76%. Given iA Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than iA Financial.
Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sun Life Financial had 1 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sun Life Financial and 3 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.19 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than iA Financial. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Life Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sun Life Financial has a net margin of 10.12% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 9.25%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.68% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.
Sun Life Financial received 336 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.85% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote while only 51.17% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Sun Life Financial beats iA Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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