RY vs. TD, BMO, BNS, FFH, KEY, BNC, BLX, HUT, SII, and WFC
Should you be buying Royal Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Bank of Canada include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Keyera (KEY), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), and Wall Financial (WFC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Royal Bank of Canada vs. Its Competitors
Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.23% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 15.80%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.27% beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity.
Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 1 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 2 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.67 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$184.54, indicating a potential upside of 2.89%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of C$90.85, indicating a potential downside of 9.94%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Toronto-Dominion Bank. Royal Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toronto-Dominion Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:RY) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
