NA vs. CM, BNS, BMO, TD, GWO, IFC, SLF, FFH, POW, and BAM
Should you be buying National Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank of Canada include Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Intact Financial (IFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Power Co. of Canada (POW), and Brookfield Asset Management (BAM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE:CM) and National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
National Bank of Canada received 220 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.56% of users gave National Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.
National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 34.22% compared to National Bank of Canada's net margin of 29.50%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity of 14.73% beat National Bank of Canada's return on equity.
49.1% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, National Bank of Canada had 5 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Bank of Canada and 2 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat National Bank of Canada's score of -0.06 indicating that National Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of C$3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. National Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank of Canada pays out 44.6% 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.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank of Canada. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce currently has a consensus price target of C$65.81, indicating a potential upside of 0.68%. National Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of C$108.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.51%. Given National Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than National Bank of Canada.
Summary
National Bank of Canada beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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