CWB.PD vs. EQB, CWB, LB, VBNK, MIC, FIH.U, GCG.A, AD.UN, ZBK, and HTA
Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include EQB (EQB), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), VersaBank (VBNK), Sagen MI Canada (MIC), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF (ZBK), and Harvest Tech Achievers Growth & Income ETF (HTA).
EQB (TSE:EQB) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB.PD) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, EQB had 8 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EQB and 0 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. Canadian Western Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat EQB's score of 0.00 indicating that EQB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EQB received 367 more outperform votes than Canadian Western Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave EQB an outperform vote.
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.
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.
23.5% of EQB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of EQB shares are owned by company 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.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to EQB's net margin of 31.97%. Canadian Western Bank's return on equity of 14.70% beat EQB's return on equity.
EQB currently has a consensus price target of C$104.44, suggesting a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Canadian Western Bank's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe EQB is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.
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$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. EQB pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 39.6% 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.
Summary
EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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