BofA Finance LLC vs BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, two Banks—Regional stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BAC and BMO diverge most: on debt / equity, BAC reads 1.08 and BMO reads 0.00; on return on assets, BAC reads 0.9% and BMO reads 0.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BAC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). What BMO's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BAC | BMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $61.28 | $182.03 |
| Market cap | $454.5B | $129.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 15.2 | 20.6 |
| P/B | 1.51 | 2.05 |
| P/S | 3.92 | 4.76 |
| EV/EBITDA | 1290.1 | — |
| Revenue growth | +7.2% | +7.2% |
| Net margin | 27.3% | 24.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.5% | 10.6% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.08 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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