CM vs. RY, TD, BMO, BNS, NA, BN, BAM, MFC, FFH, and GWO
Should you be buying Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), National Bank of Canada (NA), Brookfield (BN), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Manulife Financial (MFC), Fairfax Financial (FFH), and Great-West Lifeco (GWO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce vs. Its Competitors
Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE:CM) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of C$3.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 46.1% 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 1.174198, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.332788, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Bank of Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$206.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.16%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a consensus target price of C$108.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.44%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
29.4% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 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.
In the previous week, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had 2 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and 3 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's score of 0.42 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.23% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 27.87%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.27% beat Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 14 of the 18 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 CM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (TSE:CM) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
