Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RY or TD?

Royal Bank of Canada received 186 more outperform votes than Toronto-Dominion Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.22% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Toronto-Dominion Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Royal Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 761 58.22%	Underperform Votes 546 41.78%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	Outperform Votes 575 53.39%	Underperform Votes 502 46.61%

Is RY or TD more profitable?

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 Canada	28.23%	13.27%	0.80%
Toronto-Dominion Bank	15.80%	7.84%	0.43%

Do analysts recommend RY or TD?

Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$183.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a consensus target price of C$89.31, suggesting a potential downside of 7.27%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
Toronto-Dominion Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RY or TD?

52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Toronto-Dominion Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RY or TD a better dividend stock?

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays an annual dividend of C$4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toronto-Dominion Bank pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, RY or TD?

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toronto-Dominion Bank has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RY or TD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royal Bank of Canada	C$57.52B	4.31	C$16.24B	C$11.48	15.27
Toronto-Dominion Bank	C$56.16B	3.01	C$8.88B	C$5.05	19.08

Does the media favor RY or TD?

In the previous week, Toronto-Dominion Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Toronto-Dominion Bank and 5 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Toronto-Dominion Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.68 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toronto-Dominion Bank	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Toronto-Dominion Bank on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.