IAMGOLD (IMG) Competitors

IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

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

64.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, IMG or IAG?

iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA Financial, 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
IAMGOLD	C$1.12B	3.32	C$557.06M	C$1.93	4.77
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.89	C$990.15M	C$10.50	13.05

Do analysts rate IMG or IAG?

IAMGOLD currently has a consensus target price of C$8.68, indicating a potential downside of 5.60%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$140.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.74%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than IAMGOLD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IAMGOLD	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
iA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has more volatility and risk, IMG or IAG?

IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IMG or IAG?

In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 3 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IAMGOLD and 4 mentions for iA Financial. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat iA Financial's score of -0.28 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IAMGOLD	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
iA Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IMG or IAG?

IAMGOLD received 43 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.34% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IAMGOLD	Outperform Votes 358 52.34%	Underperform Votes 326 47.66%
iA Financial	Outperform Votes 315 50.16%	Underperform Votes 313 49.84%

Is IMG or IAG more profitable?

IAMGOLD has a net margin of 49.57% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 27.91% beat iA Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IAMGOLD	49.57%	27.91%	2.54%
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%

Summary

IAMGOLD beats iA Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.