CWB vs. EQB, CWB.PD, LB, VBNK, X, IGM, IAG, ONEX, DFY, and ELF
Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include EQB (EQB), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), VersaBank (VBNK), TMX Group (X), IGM Financial (IGM), iA Financial (IAG), Onex (ONEX), Definity Financial (DFY), and E-L Financial (ELF).
Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) and EQB (TSE:EQB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
EQB has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Western Bank. EQB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Western Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Canadian Western Bank pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQB pays out 18.0% 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 Western Bank presently has a consensus target price of C$40.22, indicating a potential downside of 14.40%. EQB has a consensus target price of C$104.44, indicating a potential upside of 7.99%. Given EQB's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EQB is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.
Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQB has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to Canadian Western Bank's net margin of 31.97%. EQB's return on equity of 14.70% beat Canadian Western Bank's return on equity.
31.8% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.5% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of EQB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Canadian Western Bank had 1 more articles in the media than EQB. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canadian Western Bank and 5 mentions for EQB. Canadian Western Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat EQB's score of 0.05 indicating that Canadian Western Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Western Bank received 109 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.96% of users gave EQB an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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