TD vs. RY, BMO, BNS, FFH, KEY, WED, HUT, BLX, SII, and BITF
Should you be buying Toronto-Dominion Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toronto-Dominion Bank include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Keyera (KEY), Westaim (WED), Hut 8 (HUT), Boralex (BLX), Sprott (SII), and Bitfarms (BITF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Toronto-Dominion Bank vs.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 7 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 2 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.19 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Toronto-Dominion Bank presently has a consensus price target of C$86.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.45%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of C$176.58, suggesting a potential upside of 1.32%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.
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.
Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 94.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Royal Bank of Canada received 180 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.51% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.67% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 15.72%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.68% beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:TD) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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