TD vs. HDB, IBN, MUFG, SAN, SMFG, RY, BMO, BBVA, ING, and CM
Should you be buying Toronto-Dominion Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toronto-Dominion Bank include HDFC Bank (HDB), ICICI Bank (IBN), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HDFC Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toronto-Dominion Bank received 97 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.24% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 17 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 9 mentions for HDFC Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat HDFC Bank's score of 0.30 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. HDFC Bank pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 30.6% 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. HDFC Bank has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Toronto-Dominion Bank has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Toronto-Dominion Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HDFC Bank has a net margin of 15.71% compared to HDFC Bank's net margin of 11.16%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 15.45% beat HDFC Bank's return on equity.
Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of $89.33, indicating a potential upside of 63.45%. Given HDFC Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than HDFC Bank.
Summary
HDFC Bank beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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