BMO vs. RY, TD, BNS, FFH, KEY, BNC, BLX, SII, HUT, and VBNK
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Keyera (KEY), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Boralex (BLX), Sprott (SII), Hut 8 (HUT), and VersaBank (VBNK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bank of Montreal vs.
Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Bank of Montreal currently has a consensus target price of C$145.62, suggesting a potential downside of 1.58%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of C$183.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Bank of Montreal.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of C$6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bank of Montreal pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% 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.
55.3% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 15 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 7 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of -0.21 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Bank of Canada received 94 more outperform votes than Bank of Montreal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.22% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 51.87% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.23% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 13.57%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.27% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Bank of Montreal on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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