CWB vs. EQB, LB, CIX, GSY, FN, TSU, ELF, SII, GLXY, and UNC
Should you be buying Canadian Western Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Western Bank include EQB (EQB), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), CI Financial (CIX), goeasy (GSY), First National Financial (FN), Trisura Group (TSU), E-L Financial (ELF), Sprott (SII), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
EQB has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to EQB's net margin of 31.97%. Canadian Western Bank's return on equity of 14.70% beat EQB's return on equity.
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 pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 presently has a consensus price target of C$102.56, indicating a potential upside of 17.31%. Canadian Western Bank has a consensus price target of C$33.73, indicating a potential upside of 26.18%. Given EQB's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Western Bank is more favorable than EQB.
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.
In the previous week, EQB and EQB both had 7 articles in the media. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of 0.21 indicating that Canadian Western Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
EQB beats Canadian Western Bank on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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