CWB vs. EQB, LB, GSY, FN, CIX, TSU, SII, GLXY, ELF, and UNC Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include EQB (EQB), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), goeasy (GSY), First National Financial (FN), CI Financial (CIX), Trisura Group (TSU), Sprott (SII), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), E-L Financial (ELF), and United Co.s (UNC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB ) and EQB (TSE:EQB ) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Western Bank pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQB pays out 18.0% 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.
Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQB has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EQB had 5 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for EQB and 1 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that EQB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Western Bank received 110 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.57% of users gave EQB an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
31.7% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.5% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of EQB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to Canadian Western Bank's net margin of 31.97%. EQB's return on equity of 14.70% beat Canadian Western Bank's return on equity.
Canadian Western Bank presently has a consensus target price of C$33.55, suggesting a potential upside of 22.97%. EQB has a consensus target price of C$102.56, suggesting a potential upside of 22.53%. Given Canadian Western Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Canadian Western Bank is more favorable than EQB.
EQB has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Western Bank. Canadian Western Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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