CM vs. RY, TD, BMO, BNS, NA, BAM, BN, 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 Asset Management (BAM), Brookfield (BN), 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
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE:CM) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) 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 dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
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.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce currently has a consensus price target of C$96.23, indicating a potential downside of 3.55%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of C$184.54, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 0 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Royal Bank of Canada'saverage media sentiment score.
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 an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% 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.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
56.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (TSE:CM) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
