CWB.PD vs. EQB, CWB, LB, VBNK, MIC, FIH.U, GCG.A, AD.UN, ZBK, and HTA Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include EQB (EQB), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), VersaBank (VBNK), Sagen MI Canada (MIC), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF (ZBK), and Harvest Tech Achievers Growth & Income ETF (HTA).
EQB (TSE:EQB ) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB.PD ) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
EQB has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Western Bank. Canadian Western Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EQB has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EQB presently has a consensus price target of C$104.11, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Canadian Western Bank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EQB is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.
EQB received 366 more outperform votes than Canadian Western Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave EQB an outperform vote.
23.5% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of EQB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, EQB had 30 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for EQB and 0 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. Canadian Western Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat EQB's score of 0.00 indicating that EQB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to EQB's net margin of 31.97%. Canadian Western Bank's return on equity of 14.70% beat EQB's return on equity.
EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. EQB pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 39.6% 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.
Summary EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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