TD vs. RY, BMO, BNS, CM, NA, BN, MFC, IFC, SLF, and GWO
Should you be buying Toronto-Dominion Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toronto-Dominion Bank include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), 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.
Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
Royal Bank of Canada received 178 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 55.15% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$143.38, suggesting a potential downside of 3.76%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of C$88.32, suggesting a potential upside of 15.90%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.
In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 19 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 13 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.12 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 69.4% 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.
Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
51.9% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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