EQB (EQB) Competitors

EQB (TSE:EQB) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, EQB or CWB?

EQB has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EQB or CWB?

Canadian Western Bank received 106 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.78% of users gave EQB an outperform vote while only 51.12% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EQB	Outperform Votes 375 60.78%	Underperform Votes 242 39.22%
Canadian Western Bank	Outperform Votes 481 51.12%	Underperform Votes 460 48.88%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, EQB or CWB?

EQB has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Western Bank. EQB 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EQB	C$1.12B	3.72	C$437.51M	C$9.52	11.39
Canadian Western Bank	C$1.06B	5.44	C$282.53M	C$2.98	20.01

Do analysts recommend EQB or CWB?

EQB currently has a consensus target price of C$108.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.41%. Canadian Western Bank has a consensus target price of C$48.57, indicating a potential downside of 18.56%. Given EQB's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EQB is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EQB	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Canadian Western Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is EQB or CWB a better dividend stock?

EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. EQB pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 47.0% 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.

Does the media prefer EQB or CWB?

In the previous week, EQB had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for EQB and 3 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of 0.33 indicating that EQB is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EQB	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Western Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EQB or CWB?

22.5% of EQB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of EQB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EQB or CWB more profitable?

EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to Canadian Western Bank's net margin of 29.23%. EQB's return on equity of 14.70% beat Canadian Western Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EQB	39.67%	14.70%	0.76%
Canadian Western Bank	29.23%	7.51%	0.73%

Summary

EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.