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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, TD or BAC?

Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TD or BAC a better dividend stock?

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 2.3%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 83.9% 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 11 consecutive years and Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TD or BAC?

Bank of America received 1538 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.07% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 531 54.07%	Underperform Votes 451 45.93%
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2069 64.94%	Underperform Votes 1117 35.06%

Which has preferable earnings and 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	$56.26B	1.86	$6.50B	$3.47	17.24
Bank of America	$192.43B	1.79	$27.13B	$3.22	13.91

Does the media prefer TD or BAC?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 57 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for Bank of America and 24 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.54 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of America	54 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate TD or BAC?

Toronto-Dominion Bank currently has a consensus target price of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.58%. Bank of America has a consensus target price of $48.58, suggesting a potential upside of 8.44%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher probable upside, equities 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)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Summary

Bank of America beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.