Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) Competitors

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

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

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HSBC or CM?

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
HSBC	$141.75B	1.42	$23.53B	$6.20	9.04
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	$47.09B	1.22	$5.23B	$5.35	11.37

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSBC or CM?

HSBC received 429 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.54% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 52.84% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 922 58.54%	Underperform Votes 653 41.46%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Outperform Votes 493 52.84%	Underperform Votes 440 47.16%

Is HSBC or CM a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. HSBC pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 51.2% 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. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer HSBC or CM?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a consensus target price of $92.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.29%. Given Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is HSBC or CM 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
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	11.10%	14.01%	0.72%

Which has more risk and volatility, HSBC or CM?

HSBC has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HSBC or CM?

In the previous week, HSBC had 34 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for HSBC and 15 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat HSBC's score of 0.58 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	19 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

HSBC beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.