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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) Competitors

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C$100.04 -0.30 (-0.30%)
As of 07/11/2025 04:15 PM Eastern

CM vs. RY, TD, BMO, BNS, NA, BN, BAM, MFC, IFC, and SLF

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), Intact Financial (IFC), and Sun Life Financial (SLF). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$184.54, suggesting a potential upside of 2.31%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a consensus target price of C$96.23, suggesting a potential downside of 3.81%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

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
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Bank of CanadaC$57.52B4.44C$16.24BC$11.4815.72
Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceC$25.37B3.69C$7.07BC$7.5713.21

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of C$3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 47.5% 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. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada28.23% 13.27% 0.80%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 27.87%12.61%0.69%

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 2 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.33 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 12 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 CM 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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CM vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian Imperial Bank of CommerceBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$93.59BC$118.45BC$6.16BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield4.17%3.91%4.21%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.2114.9113.2650.47
Price / Sales3.6966.001,742.081,211.67
Price / Cash0.221.13128.1083.29
Price / Book1.601.251.914.70
Net IncomeC$7.07BC$10.16BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.20%1.06%11.20%1.04%
1 Month Performance7.65%7.17%6.88%4.04%
1 Year Performance49.34%36.53%17.52%25.98%

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
2.0663 of 5 stars
C$100.04
-0.3%
C$96.23
-3.8%
+48.8%C$93.59BC$25.37B13.2148,552
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
1.9402 of 5 stars
C$179.47
+1.0%
C$184.54
+2.8%
+20.0%C$253.95BC$57.52B15.6491,400Dividend Increase
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
0.9213 of 5 stars
C$100.16
+0.7%
C$90.85
-9.3%
+31.2%C$175.72BC$56.16B19.8593,700Dividend Announcement
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.7026 of 5 stars
C$150.91
+0.9%
C$145.69
-3.5%
+33.2%C$109.30BC$53.67B14.9046,700Dividend Increase
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.0151 of 5 stars
C$75.30
+0.2%
C$77.31
+2.7%
+16.9%C$92.28BC$43.73B11.9091,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NA
National Bank of Canada
2.1177 of 5 stars
C$140.52
+0.6%
C$135.36
-3.7%
+24.6%C$54.79BC$22.25B12.4628,730High Trading Volume
BN
Brookfield
0.9979 of 5 stars
C$84.28
-0.2%
N/A+41.0%C$89.58BC$63.79B100.18180,000
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
2.2362 of 5 stars
C$75.37
-0.4%
C$79.00
+4.8%
+40.2%C$88.49BC$3.71B25.932,400News Coverage
MFC
Manulife Financial
3.3799 of 5 stars
C$43.54
-0.7%
C$48.00
+10.2%
+12.4%C$76.37BC$45.06B13.5540,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IFC
Intact Financial
1.7985 of 5 stars
C$316.65
+1.4%
C$312.55
-1.3%
+31.0%C$56.33BC$26.64B24.5230,000Analyst Forecast
SLF
Sun Life Financial
2.6651 of 5 stars
C$90.61
+0.3%
C$86.89
-4.1%
+24.6%C$51.76BC$49.53B13.6729,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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