RY vs. TD, BMO, BNS, CM, NA, BN, MFC, IFC, SLF, and GWO
Should you be buying Royal Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Bank of Canada include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), National Bank of Canada (NA), Brookfield (BN), Manulife Financial (MFC), Intact Financial (IFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), and Great-West Lifeco (GWO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
60.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 51.5% 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.
Toronto-Dominion Bank currently has a consensus target price of C$87.32, suggesting a potential upside of 14.22%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of C$144.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.26%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.
Royal Bank of Canada received 180 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.32% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.61% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 21.91%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 13.66% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 14 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 4 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of -0.10 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of -0.10 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Toronto-Dominion Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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