Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) Competitors

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and Toronto Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FITB or TD?

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Toronto Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Toronto Dominion Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FITB or TD more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Toronto Dominion Bank's net margin of 13.53%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Toronto Dominion Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.97%	13.31%	1.15%
Toronto Dominion Bank	13.53%	13.11%	0.68%

Is FITB or TD a better dividend stock?

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Toronto Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto Dominion Bank pays out 45.3% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Toronto Dominion Bank has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Toronto Dominion Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend FITB or TD?

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.79%. Toronto Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.98%. Given Toronto Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto Dominion Bank is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Toronto Dominion Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FITB or TD?

Toronto Dominion Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Toronto Dominion Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, 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
Fifth Third Bancorp	$13.28B	2.08	$2.31B	$3.22	12.93
Toronto Dominion Bank	$88.27B	1.42	$6.50B	$6.82	10.74

Does the media prefer FITB or TD?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Toronto Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 13 mentions for Toronto Dominion Bank. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Toronto Dominion Bank's score of 1.41 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Toronto Dominion Bank	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, FITB or TD?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Toronto Dominion Bank on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.