Toronto Dominion Bank (The) TD

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
54/100
Moderate

About Toronto Dominion Bank (The)

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking; U.S. Retail; Wealth Management and Insurance; and Wholesale Banking. The company offers personal deposits, such as chequing, savings, and investment products; financing, investment, cash management, international trade, and banking services … Full TD analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is strong (score 0.78).
  • Strong Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise strength is evident (profitability score 0.87).

Key risks

  • Capital Adequacy Concerns Capital adequacy is concerning (score 0.19).
  • Credit Quality Concerns Credit quality is concerning (asset quality score 0.35).

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Deposit Franchise

Moderate
52

Where TD ranks in Banks - Diversified

Toronto Dominion Bank (The) ranks #9 of 19 scored companies in Banks - Diversified by moat score — the top 47%. The widest moat in the group is Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB) at 75/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near TD in Banks - Diversified
# Company Moat score Rating
5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA 60/100 Moderate
6 Royal Bank Of Canada RY 59/100 Moderate
7 Wells Fargo & Company WFC 59/100 Moderate
8 Canadian Imperial Bank of Comme CM 58/100 Moderate
9 Toronto Dominion Bank (The) TD 54/100 Moderate
10 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, MUFG 50/100 Moderate
11 Banco Santander, S.A. Sponsored SAN 50/100 Moderate
12 Bank of America Corporation BAC 49/100 Developing
13 ING Group, N.V. ING 47/100 Developing

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How TD scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 52 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Score 66 · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 50 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Score 57 · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 52 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 44 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding TD's moat

What is Toronto Dominion Bank (The)'s moat score?

Toronto Dominion Bank (The) (TD) scores 54 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 19 scored companies in Banks - Diversified, the top 47%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 31 companies in Banks - Diversified. Its strongest defense is Lending Advantage (66/100) and its weakest is Risk Management (44/100).

How does Toronto Dominion Bank (The) compare with other Banks - Diversified companies?

Toronto Dominion Bank (The) ranks #9 of 19 scored companies in Banks - Diversified by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Diversified is Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB) at 75/100. The companies ranked closest are Canadian Imperial Bank of Comme (CM) at 58 just above it and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, (MUFG) at 50 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 31 companies in Banks - Diversified. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Toronto Dominion Bank (The) scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Toronto Dominion Bank (The)?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and TD scores: Deposit Franchise (52), Lending Advantage (66), Capital Strength (50), Cost Discipline (57), Revenue Diversification (52), Risk Management (44). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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