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C$91.16 -0.07 (-0.08%)
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EQB vs. CWB, CWB.PD, LB, VBNK, IAG, IGM, DFY, ONEX, GLXY, and ELF

Should you be buying EQB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQB include Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), VersaBank (VBNK), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Definity Financial (DFY), Onex (ONEX), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), and E-L Financial (ELF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

EQB vs. Its Competitors

Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) and EQB (TSE:EQB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, EQB had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for EQB and 0 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that EQB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Canadian Western Bank Neutral
EQB Positive

Canadian Western Bank has a net margin of 14.89% compared to EQB's net margin of 13.04%. EQB's return on equity of 8.52% beat Canadian Western Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Western Bank14.89% 6.99% 0.73%
EQB 13.04%8.52%0.76%

Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share. EQB pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Western Bank pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQB pays out 22.7% 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. EQB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Canadian Western Bank presently has a consensus target price of C$60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. EQB has a consensus target price of C$102.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given EQB's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EQB is more favorable than Canadian Western Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Western Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
EQB
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

30.6% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of EQB shares are held by company 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 a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQB has a beta of 1.267688, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Canadian Western Bank has higher revenue and earnings than EQB. Canadian Western Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Western BankC$1.99B0.00C$296.99MC$3.07N/A
EQBC$1.26B2.78C$249.70MC$8.8210.34

Summary

EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EQB vs. The Competition

MetricEQBBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.49BC$18.14BC$6.38BC$9.42B
Dividend Yield2.41%4.24%4.31%6.50%
P/E Ratio10.3438.541,773.8225.95
Price / Sales2.7861.271,352.549.54
Price / Cash1.5914.2548.9983.29
Price / Book1.190.702.075.61
Net IncomeC$249.70MC$16.75BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.18%1.25%1.07%1.82%
1 Month Performance-10.48%0.96%1.78%8.55%
1 Year Performance-7.56%25.76%32.11%37.62%

EQB Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQB
EQB
3.1116 of 5 stars
C$91.16
-0.1%
C$102.40
+12.3%
-7.5%C$3.49BC$1.26B10.341,800Dividend Increase
CWB
Canadian Western Bank
N/AN/AC$60.50
+∞
N/AC$5.48BC$1.99B18.452,454
CWB.PD
Canadian Western Bank
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.42BC$1.06B7.192,532High Trading Volume
LB
Laurentian Bank of Canada
2.0215 of 5 stars
C$31.31
-0.9%
C$30.57
-2.4%
+21.5%C$1.39BC$974.90M10.273,000
VBNK
VersaBank
1.8874 of 5 stars
C$16.24
-2.7%
C$19.00
+17.0%
-8.3%C$528.11MC$116.83M17.28100
IAG
iA Financial
1.5629 of 5 stars
C$151.49
+1.5%
C$145.88
-3.7%
+46.3%C$14.07BC$4.95B14.145,360
IGM
IGM Financial
2.2186 of 5 stars
C$49.79
-0.4%
C$52.29
+5.0%
+31.9%C$11.74BC$3.63B12.143,300
DFY
Definity Financial
1.5932 of 5 stars
C$72.99
-1.1%
C$74.20
+1.7%
+50.3%C$8.75BC$4.78B21.923,442Insider Trade
ONEX
Onex
2.2018 of 5 stars
C$121.53
+1.6%
C$139.33
+14.6%
+35.5%C$8.34BC$841M16.58492
GLXY
Galaxy Digital
0.4056 of 5 stars
C$33.45
+2.8%
C$24.50
-26.8%
+183.3%C$5.66BC$43.76B-38.90434
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$15.26
-1.6%
N/A-98.7%C$5.28BC$3.03B4.50300Dividend Announcement

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This page (TSE:EQB) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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