Banco Bradesco (BBD) Competitors

Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBD) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Is BBD or TD a better dividend stock?

Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 85.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Toronto-Dominion Bank has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Toronto-Dominion Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBD or TD?

Toronto-Dominion Bank received 197 more outperform votes than Banco Bradesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.49% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 334 57.49%	Underperform Votes 247 42.51%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 531 53.91%	Underperform Votes 454 46.09%

Do analysts recommend BBD or TD?

Banco Bradesco currently has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential downside of 14.13%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus target price of $80.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.57%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Banco Bradesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Toronto-Dominion Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the media prefer BBD or TD?

In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 19 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 6 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 1.31 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bradesco	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toronto-Dominion Bank	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BBD or TD?

Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BBD or TD?

52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BBD or TD more profitable?

Banco Bradesco has a net margin of 8.46% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 7.37%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 13.96% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	7.37%	13.96%	0.72%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BBD or TD?

Toronto-Dominion Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Bradesco	$110.76B	0.27	$3.20B	$0.32	8.73
Toronto-Dominion Bank	$57.52B	2.03	$6.50B	$3.40	19.80

Summary

Toronto-Dominion Bank beats Banco Bradesco on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.