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Bank of Montreal (BMO) Competitors

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C$142.99 -0.72 (-0.50%)
As of 02/20/2025 04:15 PM Eastern

BMO vs. RY, TD, BNS, FFH, KEY, BNC, BLX, HUT, SII, and BITF

Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Keyera (KEY), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), and Bitfarms (BITF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank of Montreal vs.

Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of C$6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bank of Montreal pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 1 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 16 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of -0.09 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of Montreal
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Royal Bank of Canada
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of MontrealC$53.67B1.93C$7.28BC$10.1314.12
Royal Bank of CanadaC$57.52B4.17C$16.24BC$11.4814.76

Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.23% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 13.57%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.27% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of Montreal13.57% 9.04% 0.50%
Royal Bank of Canada 28.23%13.27%0.80%

Bank of Montreal presently has a consensus price target of C$139.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.44%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of C$180.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Bank of Montreal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of Montreal
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

55.3% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Bank of Canada received 95 more outperform votes than Bank of Montreal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.40% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 52.18% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of MontrealOutperform Votes
659
52.18%
Underperform Votes
604
47.82%
Royal Bank of CanadaOutperform Votes
754
58.40%
Underperform Votes
537
41.60%

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Bank of Montreal on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BMO vs. The Competition

MetricBank of MontrealBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$103.57BC$97.76BC$4.19BC$5.77B
Dividend Yield4.41%3.77%4.29%6.85%
P/E Ratio14.1213.0616.0631.10
Price / Sales1.9375.721,762.88481.04
Price / Cash0.240.1748.6082.43
Price / Book1.231.125.213.89
Net IncomeC$7.28BC$9.45BC$1.26BC$298.01M
7 Day Performance-0.15%0.11%0.07%0.39%
1 Month Performance-0.56%5.75%2.36%3.25%
1 Year Performance12.28%55.84%15.53%40.22%

Bank of Montreal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.355 of 5 stars
C$142.99
-0.5%
C$139.50
-2.4%
+11.8%C$103.57BC$53.67B14.1246,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
1.2775 of 5 stars
C$168.67
-0.4%
C$178.83
+6.0%
+27.8%C$238.67BC$57.52B14.7091,400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.2677 of 5 stars
C$84.64
-0.5%
C$87.67
+3.6%
+6.1%C$148.49BC$56.16B16.7793,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.0037 of 5 stars
C$72.59
-0.1%
C$77.92
+7.3%
+13.0%C$88.95BC$43.73B11.4791,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FFH
Fairfax Financial
2.0524 of 5 stars
C$2,070.19
+3.5%
C$2,091.67
+1.0%
+50.3%C$33.20BC$21.14B7.9319,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KEY
Keyera
2.1324 of 5 stars
C$42.05
-0.4%
C$44.77
+6.5%
+28.9%C$9.69BC$7.53B21.6717,500Gap Up
BNC
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF
N/AC$27.45
+0.1%
N/A+10.0%C$8.33BN/A0.00206,500News Coverage
BLX
Boralex
2.0563 of 5 stars
C$25.79
+0.9%
C$40.50
+57.0%
-10.5%C$2.68BC$952.11M37.81180Dividend Announcement
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$29.03
flat
N/A+116.3%C$1.93BC$142.55M7.10219
SII
Sprott
0.3414 of 5 stars
C$60.83
-2.4%
C$67.00
+10.1%
+20.4%C$1.09BC$114.38M23.71170
BITF
Bitfarms
2.2402 of 5 stars
C$2.00
+0.5%
C$6.50
+225.0%
-57.8%C$701.44MC$159.92M-4.50110Negative News

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