Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, BAC or TD?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAC or TD a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Bank of America pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 96.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BAC or TD?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BAC or TD more profitable?

Bank of America has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 6.94%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 14.34% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	12.48%	10.09%	0.83%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	6.94%	14.34%	0.74%

Do analysts recommend BAC or TD?

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $44.26, indicating a potential downside of 3.91%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus target price of $84.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.16%. 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
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Toronto-Dominion Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BAC or TD?

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
Bank of America	$171.91B	2.06	$26.52B	$2.75	16.75
Toronto-Dominion Bank	$56.07B	1.75	$7.99B	$3.13	17.87

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BAC or TD?

Bank of America received 1482 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2010 65.39%	Underperform Votes 1064 34.61%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 528 54.43%	Underperform Votes 442 45.57%

Does the media favor BAC or TD?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 33 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Bank of America and 40 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.07 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of America	50 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toronto-Dominion Bank	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	31 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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