Osisko Gold Royalties (OR) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OR or IAG?

81.5% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Osisko Gold Royalties 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OR or IAG a better dividend stock?

Osisko Gold Royalties pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Osisko Gold Royalties pays out -88.3% 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.

Do analysts rate OR or IAG?

Osisko Gold Royalties presently has a consensus target price of C$31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.32%. iA Financial has a consensus target price of C$140.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.24%. Given Osisko Gold Royalties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Osisko Gold Royalties is more favorable than iA Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Osisko Gold Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
iA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has more risk & volatility, OR or IAG?

Osisko Gold Royalties has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OR or IAG?

In the previous week, iA Financial had 20 more articles in the media than Osisko Gold Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for iA Financial and 3 mentions for Osisko Gold Royalties. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Osisko Gold Royalties' score of 0.79 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Osisko Gold Royalties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
iA Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OR or IAG?

iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Osisko Gold Royalties. Osisko Gold Royalties 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
Osisko Gold Royalties	C$248.46M	20.03	-C$55.01M	-C$0.29	-90.54
iA Financial	C$14.46B	0.83	C$990.15M	C$10.50	12.15

Is OR or IAG more profitable?

iA Financial has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Osisko Gold Royalties' net margin of -22.14%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Osisko Gold Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Osisko Gold Royalties	-22.14%	-3.30%	1.43%
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OR or IAG?

Osisko Gold Royalties received 78 more outperform votes than iA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave Osisko Gold Royalties an outperform vote while only 50.08% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Osisko Gold Royalties	Outperform Votes 392 62.22%	Underperform Votes 238 37.78%
iA Financial	Outperform Votes 314 50.08%	Underperform Votes 313 49.92%

Summary

iA Financial beats Osisko Gold Royalties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.