Friday, October 15, 2021

An International Equity holding: Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD, $67.07): “Dominating Toronto” By: Matt Schembari, AIM Student at Marquette University

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD, $67.07): “Dominating Toronto”

By: Matt Schembari, AIM Student at Marquette University

Disclosure: The AIM Equity Fund currently holds this position. This article was written by myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it and I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

Summary

  • Toronto Dominion Bank. (NYSE:TD) provides financial products and services to customers located all over the world. Most of the revenue comes from Canada and the United States, but other revenue sources come from China, Japan, Germany, India, United Kingdom and France.
  • TD Bank strategy is to continue to prove its business model and have a forward focus on expanding.
  • TD Bank has a plan to shape the future of banking by using digital adoption. They have had a forward focus thinking with digital users in Canada increasing by 8.0% YoY. In the United States they increased this number by 13.2% YoY.
  • TD Bank has been able to increase its net income in the wholesale banking industry by 25% YoY while decreasing its expenses by 5%.
  • TD Bank is on the higher side of its 52 week range, which ranged from 42.90-73.85. This is not shocking as last year TD Bank had to deal with COVID-19 and the effects of that..

Key points: TD Bank Net Income is brought in by 4 different segments over the last year. TD Bank brings in money from its Canadian Retail Bank (the most), the US Retail Bank, Charles Schwab, and the wholesale banking segment. .

Canadian Retail net income increased by 68% compared with the third quarter last year. TD Bank was able to increase its revenue by 9%. They were able to increase the revenue by increasing non-interest income by 13%. This increase was mainly from a higher fee increase and higher insurance volumes. TD Bank also was able to increase its loan by 7% and increase its deposits by  13% in the Canadian retail segment. .

Toronto Dominion Bank in the US Retail segment grew its revenue for the quarter by 5%. The Interest income decreased during this quarter, but once again the non-interest income saw a strong growth. This 28% non-interest income growth  was primarily from fee income and the increasing of customer activity. TD Bank was also to limit the increase in expenses for increasing its deposits by 10% and an 18% on personal deposits..

TD Bank also was able to increase the wholesale banking segment of the bank. The wholesale banking net income increased by nearly 25%. This came from the decrease in expenses. TD Bank has been trying to make its shareholders constantly happy. TD Bank had consistent dividend growth. The Bank has been able to increase its dividend yield over the last 25 years. Over the last 25 years the dividend growth grew about 11% annualized. .

What has the stock done lately?

Over the last month TD Bank hasn’t seen too much movement. TD Bank's value has increased by almost two percent. Most of this increase has happened over the past week. Since September 24th the stock has moved up 1.5%.

Past Year Performance: TD has increased 18.61% in value over the past year. The stock started off a year ago at $56.25. This was the lowest the stock has been in the last year. At the end of May it reached the stock high of the year of $73.33. The stock dropped mid July and has been fluctuating since remaining around $67, its current price.

Source: FactSet
My Takeaway

TD Bank is at a good spot currently. The bank had very strong numbers in quarter three. The focus on technology and always trying to increase its mobile users will lead the bank to increase its customers. The bank also reported strong numbers for non-interest income. The fees and charges increase will bring another source of revenue besides interest income. This will let TD Bank separate itself from other banks.

Source: FactSet