CM vs. RY, TD, BMO, BNS, NA, BN, MFC, IFC, SLF, and GWO
Should you be buying Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), National Bank of Canada (NA), 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.
Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE:CM) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of C$3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 55.2% 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.
Royal Bank of Canada received 319 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.32% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 50.29% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.
Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.9% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 7 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 15 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's score of -0.04 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a net margin of 29.50% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 28.61%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity of 13.66% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.
Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$144.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.26%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a consensus target price of C$69.21, suggesting a potential upside of 2.71%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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