TD vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, SAN, IBN, 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), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Toronto Dominion Bank vs. Its Competitors
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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $48.28, suggesting a potential downside of 0.82%. Toronto Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.02%. Given Toronto Dominion Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toronto Dominion Bank is more favorable than Bank of America.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Toronto Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 101 more articles in the media than Toronto Dominion Bank. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Bank of America and 13 mentions for Toronto Dominion Bank. Toronto Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Bank of America's score of 0.92 indicating that Toronto Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America has a net margin of 14.56% compared to Toronto Dominion Bank's net margin of 13.53%. Toronto Dominion Bank's return on equity of 13.11% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
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.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Toronto Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto Dominion Bank pays out 42.8% 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.
Summary
Bank of America beats Toronto Dominion Bank on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TD) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
