Industrial Alliance Insurance Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

IAF-PB Stock  CAD 21.85  0.10  0.46%   
Assuming the 90 days trading horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Industrial Alliance Insurance is 'Cautious Hold'. Macroaxis provides Industrial Alliance buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding IAF-PB positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of Industrial Alliance's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting Industrial Alliance's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
21.81
Hype Value
21.74
Market Value
21.85
Naive Value
21.75
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Industrial Alliance Insurance given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Industrial Alliance. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Industrial Alliance Insurance, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Cautious Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Very LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Industrial Alliance Insurance has a Mean Deviation of 0.7126, Standard Deviation of 1.12 and Variance of 1.24
Our trade recommendations module complements current analysts and expert consensus on Industrial Alliance Insurance. It analyzes the firm potential to grow using all fundamental, technical, and market related data available at the time. To make sure Industrial Alliance Insurance is not overpriced, please check out all Industrial Alliance fundamentals, including its price to earning, ebitda, and the relationship between the shares owned by institutions and revenue .

Industrial Alliance Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Industrial Alliance Insurance has accumulated 2.07 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.45, which is about average as compared to similar companies. Industrial Alliance has a current ratio of 0.6, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Industrial Alliance until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Industrial Alliance's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Industrial Alliance sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Industrial to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Industrial Alliance's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
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Industrial Alliance Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Industrial Alliance's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Industrial Alliance's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Industrial Alliance daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Industrial Alliance Insurance price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Industrial Alliance returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Industrial Alliance.
Mean Return
-0.01
Value At Risk
-2.27
Potential Upside
1.73
Standard Deviation
1.12
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Industrial Alliance historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Industrial Alliance Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash62M841M(403M)(188M)23M43.7M
Free Cash Flow268M1.7B(63M)326M931M558.5M
Other Non Cash Items(5.4B)(4.2B)(1.2B)5.6B5.0B5.2B
Dividends Paid210M230M246M304M325M341.3M
Net Income887M762M1.1B956M789M462.9M
End Period Cash Flow1.1B1.9B1.5B1.4B1.2B778.7M
Depreciation210M287M415M503M525M551.3M
Investments(156M)(1.1B)(294M)(287M)(317M)(332.9M)
Net Borrowings133M379M(22M)29M33.4M54.5M
Change To Netincome(5.2B)(4.1B)(900M)5.8B6.6B7.0B

Industrial Alliance Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Industrial Alliance or Insurance sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Industrial Alliance's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Industrial stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.02
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.16
σ
Overall volatility
1.11
Ir
Information ratio -0.03

Industrial Alliance Volatility Alert

Industrial Alliance Insurance exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.82 and kurtosis of 1.88. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Industrial Alliance's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Industrial Alliance's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Industrial Alliance Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Industrial Alliance's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Industrial Alliance's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Industrial Alliance and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Industrial Alliance or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Industrial Alliance's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Industrial Alliance by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Industrial Alliance to competition
FundamentalsIndustrial AlliancePeer Average
Return On Equity0.11-0.31
Return On Asset0.0068-0.14
Profit Margin0.09 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.15 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation3.97 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding109.66 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Institutions16.70 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted8.02 K4.71 M
Price To Earning4.41 X28.72 X
Price To Sales0.74 X11.42 X
Revenue5.26 B9.43 B
Gross Profit3.31 B27.38 B
EBITDA1.21 B3.9 B
Net Income789 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents3.2 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share29.90 X5.01 X
Total Debt2.07 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.45 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.61 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share68.97 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations1.22 B971.22 M
Short Ratio12.22 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share7.49 X3.12 X
Beta1.11-0.15
Market Capitalization5.82 B19.03 B
Total Asset93.85 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings5.06 B9.33 B
Annual Yield0.05 %
Five Year Return5.14 %
Net Asset93.85 B
Last Dividend Paid3.17

Industrial Alliance Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Industrial . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Short and Long Term Debt Total1.6B2.1B2.4B2.5B
Total Assets94.7B87.4B93.8B48.4B

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