EQB vs. CWB, LB, GSY, ELF, CIX, FN, TSU, SII, DFY, and UNC
Should you be buying EQB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQB include Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), goeasy (GSY), E-L Financial (ELF), CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), Trisura Group (TSU), Sprott (SII), Definity Financial (DFY), and United Co.s (UNC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
EQB (TSE:EQB) and Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Canadian Western Bank received 109 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.57% of users gave EQB an outperform vote while only 51.41% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
EQB presently has a consensus price target of C$102.56, indicating a potential upside of 21.04%. Canadian Western Bank has a consensus price target of C$33.73, indicating a potential upside of 27.66%. Given Canadian Western Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Western Bank is more favorable than EQB.
EQB has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% 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.
23.5% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of EQB shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canadian Western Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, EQB had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EQB and 3 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of -0.38 indicating that EQB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. EQB pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Western Bank pays out 40.6% 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.
EQB has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Western Bank. 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.
Summary
EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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