BMO vs. BNS, CM, TD, NA, RY, BN, MFC, SLF, IFC, and GWO
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), National Bank of Canada (NA), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Brookfield (BN), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Intact Financial (IFC), and Great-West Lifeco (GWO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) and Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of C$6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of C$4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Bank of Montreal pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Nova Scotia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bank of Montreal presently has a consensus target price of C$132.39, suggesting a potential upside of 3.34%. Bank of Nova Scotia has a consensus target price of C$66.97, suggesting a potential upside of 3.67%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than Bank of Montreal.
Bank of Montreal received 160 more outperform votes than Bank of Nova Scotia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.16% of users gave Bank of Nova Scotia an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.
53.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Nova Scotia has a net margin of 26.75% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 17.71%. Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity of 10.20% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of Nova Scotia had 3 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia and 2 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Bank of Nova Scotia's score of 0.33 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of Nova Scotia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of Montreal. Bank of Nova Scotia 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.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Bank of Nova Scotia on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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