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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BAC or TD?

Bank of America received 1515 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.18% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2046 65.16%	Underperform Votes 1094 34.84%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 531 54.18%	Underperform Votes 449 45.82%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BAC or TD?

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
Bank of America	$171.91B	2.08	$26.52B	$2.75	16.93
Toronto-Dominion Bank	$88.27B	1.14	$6.50B	$3.47	16.57

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

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company 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 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
Bank of America	12.48%	10.09%	0.83%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	7.37%	13.96%	0.72%

Which has more volatility & risk, BAC or TD?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BAC or TD?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 115 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 141 mentions for Bank of America and 26 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.61 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	79 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toronto-Dominion Bank	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BAC or TD?

Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $48.58, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.01%. 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Toronto-Dominion Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

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 2.2%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Bank of America pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 87.0% 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Toronto-Dominion Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Summary

Bank of America beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.