CIX vs. IGM, ONEX, SII, FIH.U, UNC, CVG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, and DFN
Should you be buying CI Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CI Financial include IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Sprott (SII), Fairfax India (FIH.U), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
CI Financial (TSE:CIX) and IGM Financial (TSE:IGM) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
IGM Financial has a net margin of 27.67% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -5.55%. IGM Financial's return on equity of 11.63% beat CI Financial's return on equity.
11.8% of CI Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of IGM Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of CI Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.2% of IGM Financial shares are held 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.
CI Financial received 135 more outperform votes than IGM Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.55% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote while only 45.12% of users gave IGM Financial an outperform vote.
CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. IGM Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. CI Financial pays out -70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IGM Financial pays out 69.7% 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.
IGM Financial has higher revenue and earnings than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IGM Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CI Financial has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IGM Financial has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IGM Financial had 3 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IGM Financial and 0 mentions for CI Financial. IGM Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat CI Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that IGM Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CI Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$19.56, indicating a potential upside of 33.67%. IGM Financial has a consensus price target of C$44.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.85%. Given CI Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CI Financial is more favorable than IGM Financial.
Summary
IGM Financial beats CI Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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