CWB vs. CIX, FN, CWB.PD, AIF, GSY, HCG, ELF, TSU, FIH.U, and LB
Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Altus Group (AIF), goeasy (GSY), Home Capital Group (HCG), E-L Financial (ELF), Trisura Group (TSU), Fairfax India (FIH.U), and Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Canadian Western Bank vs.
CI Financial (TSE:CIX) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
CI Financial has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.6% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of CI Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Western Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CI Financial. CI Financial 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.
In the previous week, Canadian Western Bank had 25 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Canadian Western Bank and 0 mentions for CI Financial. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of -0.57 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. CI Financial pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 37.6% 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. CI Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. CI Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Canadian Western Bank received 15 more outperform votes than CI Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.75% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote while only 51.01% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
Canadian Western Bank has a net margin of 32.57% compared to CI Financial's net margin of 6.60%. CI Financial's return on equity of 11.97% beat Canadian Western Bank's return on equity.
CI Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$17.64, indicating a potential upside of 31.27%. Canadian Western Bank has a consensus target price of C$29.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.08%. Given CI Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CI Financial is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.
Summary
CI Financial beats Canadian Western Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CWB 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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