IGM Financial (IGM) Competitors

IGM Financial (TSE:IGM) and Brookfield Asset Management (TSE:BAM) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Is IGM or BAM more profitable?

IGM Financial has a net margin of 29.47% compared to Brookfield Asset Management's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 16.13% beat IGM Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IGM Financial	29.47%	12.80%	4.51%
Brookfield Asset Management	N/A	16.13%	0.88%

Does the media refer more to IGM or BAM?

In the previous week, IGM Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IGM Financial and 2 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat IGM Financial's score of 0.76 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IGM Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, IGM or BAM?

IGM Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Asset Management. IGM Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
IGM Financial	C$3.63B	2.93	C$850.71M	C$3.55	12.66
Brookfield Asset Management	C$3.89B	8.58	C$443M	C$1.50	53.15

Do analysts rate IGM or BAM?

IGM Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$49.29, suggesting a potential upside of 9.69%. Given IGM Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IGM Financial is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IGM Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IGM or BAM?

IGM Financial received 64 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.45% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 44.84% of users gave IGM Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IGM Financial	Outperform Votes 313 44.84%	Underperform Votes 385 55.16%
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 249 73.45%	Underperform Votes 90 26.55%

Is IGM or BAM a better dividend stock?

IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. IGM Financial pays out 63.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IGM Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IGM or BAM?

8.0% of IGM Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.6% of IGM Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

IGM Financial beats Brookfield Asset Management on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.