IMG vs. IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, EQX, NVA, AG, NG, and SKE
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Equinox Gold (EQX), NuVista Energy (NVA), First Majestic Silver (AG), NovaGold Resources (NG), and Skeena Resources (SKE). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
IAMGOLD vs.
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than IAMGOLD. iA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IAMGOLD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 10.36% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 9.02%. iA Financial's return on equity of 10.51% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
iA Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$129.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.87%. IAMGOLD has a consensus target price of C$8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.24%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than iA Financial.
IAMGOLD received 45 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.28% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 18 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for IAMGOLD and 6 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.53 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats iA Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IMG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
