NA vs. TD, BMO, BNS, CM, RY, BN, MFC, IFC, SLF, and GWO
Should you be buying National Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank of Canada include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Brookfield (BN), Manulife Financial (MFC), Intact Financial (IFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), and Great-West Lifeco (GWO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
National Bank of Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$115.17, suggesting a potential downside of 1.14%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of C$88.32, suggesting a potential upside of 15.90%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than National Bank of Canada.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank of Canada. National 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.
National Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. National Bank of Canada pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 69.4% 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.
In the previous week, National Bank of Canada had 4 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for National Bank of Canada and 28 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. National Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of -0.05 indicating that National Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 34.22% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 21.91%. National Bank of Canada's return on equity of 14.73% beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity.
National Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
34.7% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Bank of Canada received 77 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.15% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote while only 51.19% of users gave National Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
Summary
National Bank of Canada beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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