CWB.PD vs. CWB, EQB, LB, VBNK, ONEX, DFY, CIX, ELF, WED, and GLXY
Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include Canadian Western Bank (CWB), EQB (EQB), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), VersaBank (VBNK), Onex (ONEX), Definity Financial (DFY), CI Financial (CIX), E-L Financial (ELF), Westaim (WED), and Galaxy Digital (GLXY). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Canadian Western Bank vs.
Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB.PD) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Canadian Western Bank pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 50.4% 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.
30.6% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Western Bank received 478 more outperform votes than Canadian Western Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote while only 50.85% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Canadian Western Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Western Bank and 1 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. Canadian Western Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of 0.03 indicating that Canadian Western Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Western Bank presently has a consensus price target of C$54.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.62%. Given Canadian Western Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Canadian Western Bank is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.
Canadian Western Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Western Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian Western Bank beats Canadian Western Bank on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CWB.PD) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
