EQB vs. CWB, CWB.PD, LB, VBNK, IAG, X, IGM, ONEX, DFY, and CIX
Should you be buying EQB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQB include Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), VersaBank (VBNK), iA Financial (IAG), TMX Group (X), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Definity Financial (DFY), and CI Financial (CIX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
EQB vs.
EQB (TSE:EQB) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
22.5% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of EQB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, EQB and EQB both had 3 articles in the media. Canadian Western Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat EQB's score of -0.37 indicating that Canadian Western Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 2.4%. 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.
Canadian Western Bank received 105 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.35% of users gave EQB an outperform vote while only 50.85% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
EQB has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EQB presently has a consensus target price of C$115.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.75%. Canadian Western Bank has a consensus target price of C$54.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.91%. Given EQB's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe EQB is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.
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.
Summary
EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EQB) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
