CM vs. NA, BNS, BMO, TD, MFC, SLF, GWO, IFC, TRI, and FFH
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 National Bank of Canada (NA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Intact Financial (IFC), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and Fairfax Financial (FFH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce vs.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE:CM) and National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce currently has a consensus target price of C$65.14, indicating a potential upside of 13.56%. National Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of C$105.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.31%. Given Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than National Bank of Canada.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank of Canada. National Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Bank of Canada received 216 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.06% of users gave National Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of C$3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. National Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank of Canada pays out 40.9% 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 has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.0% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, National Bank of Canada had 24 more articles in the media than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for National Bank of Canada and 8 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat National Bank of Canada's score of 0.01 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 34.98% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 23.32%. National Bank of Canada's return on equity of 16.00% beat Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity.
Summary
National Bank of Canada beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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