Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CM scored 73.0, BNS scored 75.0 — BNS leads.
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CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
64.3Fin
$109.20 · $99.1B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
1.2
CM leads
BNS
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
63.1Fin
$88.78 · $108.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCM14.5x
Fastest growthCM+13.7%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CM
BNS
+13.7%B+
Rev
+10.4%B
14.5xC+
P/E
16.1xC+
15.6%B+
ROE
11.5%B
2.16C+
P/B
1.67B
2.8%B
Yield
3.6%B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
CMCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Banks - Diversified · $109.20 · beta 1.24
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $99.1b. 13% off the 52-week high of $124.86. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $118.43 (implying +8% upside).
Moat
Net margin 34% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $99.1b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
BNSThe Bank of Nova Scotia
Banks - Diversified · $88.78 · beta 1.19
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $108.2b. 7% off the 52-week high of $95.74. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $89.64 (implying +1% upside).
Moat
Net margin 28% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $108.2b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is BNS or CM the better stock?
BNS scores higher: BNS 75.0, CM 73.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are BNS and CM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.