TD vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Toronto-Dominion Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toronto-Dominion Bank include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Toronto-Dominion Bank vs.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 85.6% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Bank of America has raised 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.
Toronto-Dominion Bank currently has a consensus price target of $80.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.28%. Bank of America has a consensus price target of $48.31, indicating a potential upside of 31.85%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Bank of America.
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.
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.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 93 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 121 mentions for Bank of America and 28 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Bank of America's score of 0.63 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of America received 1582 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.02% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
Bank of America beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TD) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
