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Bank of Montreal (BMO) Competitors

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C$174.93 -0.43 (-0.25%)
As of 04:21 PM Eastern

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

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), Hut 8 (HUT), Boralex (BLX), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), and Westaim (WED). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 10 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 8 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of -0.26 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bank of Montreal
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.174198, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.24994, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

29.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Montreal. Royal Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, 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$64.40B4.37C$16.24BC$13.2215.10
Bank of MontrealC$35.16B3.56C$7.28BC$11.4115.33

Royal Bank of Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$206.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.19%. Bank of Montreal has a consensus target price of C$167.42, indicating a potential downside of 4.30%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher possible 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Bank of Montreal
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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%

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of C$6.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 55.7% 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.

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Bank of Montreal on 11 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$125.30BC$123.65BC$6.39BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield3.72%4.20%4.31%6.51%
P/E Ratio15.33182.351,776.4025.78
Price / Sales3.5666.571,355.379.40
Price / Cash0.241.26127.4783.29
Price / Book1.511.372.065.54
Net IncomeC$7.28BC$10.16BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.12%1.94%6.81%1.41%
1 Month Performance12.08%4.26%7.90%8.49%
1 Year Performance51.32%43.64%31.48%36.34%

Bank of Montreal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.6906 of 5 stars
C$174.93
-0.2%
C$167.42
-4.3%
N/AC$125.30BC$35.16B15.3346,700
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
1.7737 of 5 stars
C$199.58
-0.6%
C$206.00
+3.2%
+19.9%C$281.46BC$64.40B15.1091,400Gap Up
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.8539 of 5 stars
C$103.12
+2.8%
C$99.92
-3.1%
+26.8%C$177.62BC$58.76B10.7093,700
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
1.4314 of 5 stars
C$85.77
-0.1%
C$85.62
-0.2%
+26.6%C$106.57BC$36.00B16.4091,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
3.5192 of 5 stars
C$2,364.32
-0.6%
C$2,742.86
+16.0%
+48.0%C$52.84BC$30.86B12.0119,300
KEY
Keyera
2.5627 of 5 stars
C$44.25
-0.2%
C$50.92
+15.1%
+8.3%C$10.14BC$7.27B19.1617,500Positive News
Dividend Increase
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$36.69
+0.6%
N/A+208.6%C$3.87BC$550.39M25.13219
BLX
Boralex
2.4189 of 5 stars
C$28.88
-0.8%
C$39.00
+35.0%
-15.1%C$2.97BC$830M-320.89180
SII
Sprott
1.0658 of 5 stars
C$90.49
+1.2%
C$88.33
-2.4%
+76.8%C$2.33BC$186.32M46.64170
BITF
Bitfarms
2.2003 of 5 stars
C$1.83
-0.5%
C$3.75
+104.9%
+3.3%C$1.01BC$245.66M-11.44110News Coverage
WED
Westaim
0.0655 of 5 stars
C$27.73
-0.9%
C$7.75
-72.1%
+629.7%C$930.40MC$42.11M-21.013,240News Coverage
Positive News

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