National Bank Financial Comments on iA Financial Q1 Earnings

iA Financial Co. Inc. (TSE:IAG) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial increased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of iA Financial in a report issued on Thursday, May 1st. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $2.86 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.84. 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 $3.01 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.12 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.91 EPS.

IAG has been the topic of a number of other research reports. TD Securities lifted their price objective on iA Financial from C$146.00 to C$147.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Desjardins upped their price target on shares of iA Financial from C$140.00 to C$145.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Royal Bank of Canada set a C$141.00 price objective on shares of iA Financial and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. CIBC decreased their target price on shares of iA Financial from C$149.00 to C$144.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on iA Financial from C$140.00 to C$150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, iA Financial currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$139.75.

iA Financial Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of IAG stock opened at C$132.99 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$12.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.13. iA Financial has a 12-month low of C$84.29 and a 12-month high of C$141.88. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is C$129.82 and its 200-day moving average price is C$129.87.

Insider Activity at iA Financial

In other iA Financial news, Senior Officer Alain Bergeron sold 2,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$135.37, for a total value of C$372,267.50. Insiders sold a total of 12,750 shares of company stock worth $1,731,044 in the last quarter. 0.09% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

iA Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th were issued a $0.90 dividend. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.71%. iA Financial’s payout ratio is 31.25%.

About iA Financial

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.