EQB vs. CWB, CWB.PD, LB, VBNK, X, IAG, IGM, ONEX, DFY, and ELF
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), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Definity Financial (DFY), and E-L Financial (ELF).
EQB (TSE:EQB) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
EQB currently has a consensus target price of C$104.11, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Canadian Western Bank has a consensus target price of C$33.55, suggesting a potential upside of 32.43%. Given Canadian Western Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Western Bank is more favorable than EQB.
EQB has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EQB had 29 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for EQB and 3 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. Canadian Western Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat EQB's score of 0.22 indicating that Canadian Western Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
23.5% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of EQB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Western Bank received 105 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.89% of users gave EQB an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. EQB pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 40.6% 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.
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.
Summary
EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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