CM vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, IBN, UBS, and SMFG
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 HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.11%. HSBC has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Given Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than HSBC.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $2.82 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 49.6% 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.
In the previous week, HSBC had 7 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for HSBC and 14 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat HSBC's score of 0.33 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
HSBC has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 12.19%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity of 14.51% beat HSBC's return on equity.
Summary
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce beats HSBC on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CM) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff