TD vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Toronto-Dominion Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toronto-Dominion Bank include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Toronto-Dominion Bank vs.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 44.7% 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. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 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 longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus target price of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.83%. Given Toronto-Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Toronto-Dominion Bank is more favorable than Bank of America.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America has a net margin of 14.10% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 7.37%. Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity of 13.96% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Bank of America received 1624 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.70% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Toronto-Dominion Bank. Toronto-Dominion Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 82 more articles in the media than Toronto-Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Bank of America and 10 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's score of 0.99 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bank of America beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TD) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
