Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) Competitors

Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts rate TD or BAC?

Toronto-Dominion Bank currently has a consensus price target of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.07%. Bank of America has a consensus price target of $45.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Bank of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toronto-Dominion Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TD or BAC?

Bank of America received 1498 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.19% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 530 54.19%	Underperform Votes 448 45.81%
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2028 65.17%	Underperform Votes 1084 34.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, TD or BAC?

Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TD or BAC a better dividend stock?

Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of America pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Is TD or BAC more profitable?

Bank of America has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 7.37%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 13.96% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toronto-Dominion Bank	7.37%	13.96%	0.72%
Bank of America	12.48%	10.09%	0.83%

Does the media favor TD or BAC?

In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 3 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 45 mentions for Bank of America. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.09 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toronto-Dominion Bank	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	32 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bank of America	5 Very Positive mention(s)	18 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TD or BAC?

52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TD or BAC?

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Toronto-Dominion Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, 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
Toronto-Dominion Bank	$55.95B	1.63	$6.50B	$3.47	15.06
Bank of America	$98.50B	3.44	$26.52B	$2.75	16.06

Summary

Bank of America beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.