National Bank Financial Comments on iA Financial Q1 Earnings

iA Financial Co. Inc. (TSE:IAG) – Analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of iA Financial in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $2.84 for the quarter. National Bank Financial currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for iA Financial’s current full-year earnings is $11.62 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for iA Financial’s Q2 2025 earnings at $3.06 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.19 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.96 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $12.07 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.29 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on the company. Royal Bank of Canada downgraded iA Financial from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from C$105.00 to C$137.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of iA Financial from C$143.00 to C$144.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Scotiabank lowered shares of iA Financial from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of iA Financial from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Cormark increased their price target on iA Financial from C$127.00 to C$130.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$131.25.

iA Financial Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of IAG opened at C$133.70 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$131.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$119.78. iA Financial has a twelve month low of C$80.95 and a twelve month high of C$141.88. The firm has a market capitalization of C$12.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.13.

iA Financial Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.69%. iA Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.25%.

Insider Transactions at iA Financial

In other iA Financial news, Director Denis Ricard sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$137.00, for a total transaction of C$685,000.00. Also, Senior Officer Alain Bergeron sold 2,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$134.00, for a total transaction of C$368,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$67,000. The trade was a 84.62 % decrease in their position. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 11,010 shares of company stock valued at $1,489,142. 0.09% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

iA Financial Company Profile

iA Financial Corporation Inc, provides insurance and wealth management services in Canada and the United States. The company operates through Insurance, Canada; Wealth Management; Investment; and US Operations segments. The company provides health, auto, home, and creditor insurance products; replacement insurance products and warranties; extended warranties and other ancillary products for dealer services; specialized products for special markets; and life insurance products and extended warranties relating to dealer services.