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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

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

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TD or BAC?

Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TD or BAC?

Bank of America received 1567 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.77% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.02% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 531 54.02%	Underperform Votes 452 45.98%
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2098 64.77%	Underperform Votes 1141 35.23%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TD or BAC?

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Toronto-Dominion Bank. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toronto-Dominion Bank, 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	$57.52B	1.86	$6.50B	$3.40	17.93
Bank of America	$101.89B	3.23	$27.13B	$3.22	13.45

Do analysts rate TD or BAC?

Toronto-Dominion Bank presently has a consensus price target of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.08%. Bank of America has a consensus price target of $48.45, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Is TD or BAC a better dividend stock?

Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 85.3% 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 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Toronto-Dominion Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is TD or BAC more profitable?

Bank of America has a net margin of 14.10% 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	14.10%	10.29%	0.84%

Does the media refer more to TD or BAC?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 96 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 116 mentions for Bank of America and 20 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Bank of America's score of 0.91 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toronto-Dominion Bank	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of America	76 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	12 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Bank of America beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.