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Royal Bank of Canada (RY) Competitors

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C$204.20 -2.10 (-1.02%)
As of 10/16/2025 04:18 PM Eastern

RY vs. TD, BMO, BNS, FFH, KEY, HUT, BNC, SII, BLX, and BITF

Should you be buying Royal Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Bank of Canada include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Keyera (KEY), Hut 8 (HUT), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Sprott (SII), Boralex (BLX), and Bitfarms (BITF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Royal Bank of Canada vs. Its Competitors

Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

29.7% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.3% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by 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.

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.241893, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.952999, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.23% compared to Toronto-Dominion Bank's net margin of 15.80%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.27% beat Toronto-Dominion Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada28.23% 13.27% 0.80%
Toronto-Dominion Bank 15.80%7.84%0.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Bank of CanadaC$64.40B4.47C$16.24BC$13.2215.45
Toronto-Dominion BankC$60.13B3.23C$8.88BC$11.689.48

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada and Royal Bank of Canada both had 6 articles in the media. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.40 indicating that Toronto-Dominion Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Toronto-Dominion Bank
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$206.62, indicating a potential upside of 1.18%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus price target of C$106.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.97%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 35.7% 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. Toronto-Dominion Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 12 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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RY vs. The Competition

MetricRoyal Bank of CanadaBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$287.98BC$125.86BC$4.89BC$9.67B
Dividend Yield3.06%4.17%4.33%6.52%
P/E Ratio15.45183.401,348.1929.67
Price / Sales4.4766.621,374.1712.25
Price / Cash0.241.27127.8283.29
Price / Book2.271.393.535.78
Net IncomeC$16.24BC$10.16BC$1.22BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.49%0.42%0.24%1.45%
1 Month Performance1.33%0.03%1.88%5.77%
1 Year Performance16.98%40.98%44.55%39.32%

Royal Bank of Canada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
2.0144 of 5 stars
C$204.20
-1.0%
C$206.62
+1.2%
+17.8%C$287.98BC$64.40B15.4591,400Dividend Announcement
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
2.0038 of 5 stars
C$113.30
+0.0%
C$105.50
-6.9%
N/AC$193.43BC$60.13B9.7093,700Dividend Announcement
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.4071 of 5 stars
C$180.48
+0.3%
C$167.00
-7.5%
N/AC$129.28BC$35.16B15.8246,700Dividend Announcement
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
1.5747 of 5 stars
C$91.15
+0.1%
C$85.85
-5.8%
N/AC$113.25BC$36.00B17.4391,000
FFH
Fairfax Financial
3.2981 of 5 stars
C$2,445.01
-0.2%
C$2,742.86
+12.2%
+34.5%C$54.37BC$30.86B12.4219,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KEY
Keyera
2.8322 of 5 stars
C$46.67
-0.6%
C$51.27
+9.9%
-2.3%C$10.69BC$7.27B20.2017,500
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$57.78
+3.3%
N/A+286.0%C$6.10BC$550.39M39.58219Gap Up
BNC
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF
N/AC$31.88
0.0%
N/A+14.4%C$4.53BN/A0.00206,500Positive News
SII
Sprott
1.294 of 5 stars
C$120.54
+2.7%
C$93.33
-22.6%
+98.4%C$3.11BC$186.32M62.13170News Coverage
BLX
Boralex
2.3797 of 5 stars
C$28.15
-0.3%
C$39.00
+38.5%
-20.1%C$2.89BC$830M-312.78180
BITF
Bitfarms
0.912 of 5 stars
C$4.82
+14.8%
C$3.75
-22.2%
+179.6%C$2.66BC$245.66M-30.13110Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:RY) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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