Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) Competitors

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CM or HSBC?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.67%. Given Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CM or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	$26.57B	2.06	$5.23B	$5.58	10.46
HSBC	$67.40B	2.76	$23.53B	$6.20	8.42

Which has more volatility & risk, CM or HSBC?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CM or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 19 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for HSBC and 22 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat HSBC's score of 0.78 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	16 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CM or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 115.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CM or HSBC?

49.9% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CM or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 11.10%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity of 14.01% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	11.10%	14.01%	0.72%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CM or HSBC?

HSBC received 456 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.29% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 52.73% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Outperform Votes 493 52.73%	Underperform Votes 442 47.27%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 949 58.29%	Underperform Votes 679 41.71%

Summary

HSBC beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.