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Looking At Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. (TSE:IAG) From All Angles

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. (TSE:IAG) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In the case of IAG, it is a well-regarded dividend-paying company with a a great track record of performance, trading at a great value. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my high-level commentary, read the full report on Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services here.

Undervalued established dividend payer

IAG has a strong track record of performance. In the previous year, IAG delivered an impressive double-digit return of 1.0% Unsurprisingly, IAG surpassed the industry return of 1.0%, which gives us more confidence of the company’s capacity to drive earnings going forward. IAG is currently trading below its true value, which means the market is undervaluing the company’s expected cash flow going forward. This mispricing gives investors the opportunity to buy into the stock at a cheap price compared to the value they will be receiving, should analysts’ consensus forecast growth be correct. Also, relative to the rest of its peers with similar levels of earnings, IAG’s share price is trading below the group’s average. This bolsters the proposition that IAG’s price is currently discounted.

TSX:IAG Income Statement Export December 12th 18
TSX:IAG Income Statement Export December 12th 18

Income investors would also be happy to know that IAG is a great dividend company, with a current yield standing at 3.7%. IAG has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

TSX:IAG Historical Dividend Yield December 12th 18
TSX:IAG Historical Dividend Yield December 12th 18

Next Steps:

For Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services, there are three pertinent aspects you should further examine:

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  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for IAG’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for IAG’s outlook.

  2. Financial Health: Are IAG’s operations financially sustainable? Balance sheets can be hard to analyze, which is why we’ve done it for you. Check out our financial health checks here.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of IAG? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.