Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) Competitors

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CM or HSBC?

49.9% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CM or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend CM or HSBC?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.01%. Given Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media favor CM or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HSBC and 18 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat HSBC's score of 0.62 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	11 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CM or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 11.10%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity of 14.01% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	11.10%	14.01%	0.72%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CM or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 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
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	$26.57B	2.41	$5.23B	$5.58	12.21
HSBC	$68.12B	3.07	$23.53B	$5.45	10.87

Which has more risk & volatility, CM or HSBC?

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CM or HSBC?

HSBC received 472 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Outperform Votes 494 52.50%	Underperform Votes 447 47.50%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%

Summary

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and HSBC tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.