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Bank of Montreal (BMO) Competitors

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C$153.82 -0.61 (-0.40%)
As of 03:55 PM Eastern

BMO vs. RY, TD, BNS, FFH, KEY, BNC, BLX, HUT, SII, and BITF

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), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), and Bitfarms (BITF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank of Montreal vs. Its Competitors

Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) and Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 6 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 3 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.17 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bank of Montreal
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 an annual dividend of C$6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 61.2% 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.

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Bank of CanadaC$57.52B4.40C$16.24BC$11.4815.58
Bank of MontrealC$53.67B2.08C$7.28BC$10.1315.18

Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$184.54, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Bank of Montreal has a consensus price target of C$145.69, indicating a potential downside of 5.28%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Bank of Montreal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Bank of Montreal
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada28.23% 13.27% 0.80%
Bank of Montreal 13.57%9.04%0.50%

52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Bank of Montreal on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BMO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BMO vs. The Competition

MetricBank of MontrealBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$111.41BC$121.32BC$6.35BC$6.26B
Dividend Yield4.41%3.89%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio15.1815.0614.0872.15
Price / Sales2.0868.071,825.881,204.48
Price / Cash0.241.23127.6083.29
Price / Book1.331.262.234.91
Net IncomeC$7.28BC$10.16BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.46%0.32%0.23%-1.28%
1 Month Performance1.93%4.70%2.60%3.05%
1 Year Performance34.54%36.90%21.45%24.27%

Bank of Montreal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.9639 of 5 stars
C$153.82
-0.4%
C$145.69
-5.3%
+29.1%C$111.41BC$53.67B15.1846,700Dividend Increase
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
1.8633 of 5 stars
C$182.32
+0.1%
C$184.54
+1.2%
+17.0%C$257.98BC$57.52B15.8991,400Dividend Increase
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
0.872 of 5 stars
C$101.67
+0.7%
C$90.85
-10.6%
+26.6%C$178.37BC$56.16B20.1493,700Positive News
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
1.9651 of 5 stars
C$76.00
+0.3%
C$77.31
+1.7%
+21.2%C$93.13BC$43.73B12.0191,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
2.8868 of 5 stars
C$2,444.06
-0.2%
C$2,621.43
+7.3%
+58.1%C$39.20BC$21.14B9.3619,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KEY
Keyera
2.582 of 5 stars
C$43.70
-1.1%
C$51.27
+17.3%
+13.6%C$10.07BC$7.53B22.5217,500News Coverage
Earnings Report
Lockup Expiration
BNC
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF
N/AC$29.35
+0.2%
N/A+15.7%C$8.91BN/A0.00206,500
BLX
Boralex
2.8548 of 5 stars
C$32.45
+2.3%
C$39.22
+20.9%
-6.1%C$3.38BC$952.11M47.57180News Coverage
Analyst Revision
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$29.46
-0.7%
N/A+32.3%C$1.96BC$142.55M7.21219
SII
Sprott
0.601 of 5 stars
C$102.60
-0.9%
C$83.00
-19.1%
+57.1%C$1.83BC$114.38M39.98170
BITF
Bitfarms
2.1871 of 5 stars
C$1.56
+7.6%
C$3.75
+140.4%
-51.3%C$547.12MC$159.92M-3.51110High Trading Volume

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