Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO)

Banks tend to finish off their seasonal run in mid April. However this is a high-yielding stock, a core position in a Canadian portfolio. Doesn’t expect the banks to get demolished over the summertime. Not the best time for banks but not a horrible time either. If you broke down through about $66, that would be a time to exit.

Trades at a discount to the other banks. 4.6% yield. Is in better shape than it has ever been over the last few years. They have concentrated on their core businesses.

Would prefer Royal (RY-T) and Toronto Dominion (TD-T). After that he would go to Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS-T) because they probably have the most success expanding internationally. Over a long period of time, these 3 have had a higher ROE.

(A Top Pick Jan 29/13. Down 6.24%.) Still likes. Suffering really from a view generally by Europeans and US that the Canadian consumer market is a dangerous place for a bank to be resulting in a Shorting of the stock. He is looking for earnings growth over the next 3 years of better than mid-single digit dividend increases. This is a Buy at these levels.

He wants companies with more global exposure. There are huge worries about Canadian banks with their exposure to real estate. CM is the most exposed. He is not worried about real estate affecting the banks, however.

A month ago, the banks were doing tremendous but then came off in March. If you like this one and have done your work, it is just as good as any of the other banks. 4.83% dividend.

Has always avoided this bank. He always picks the ones that have performed the best over the longest period of time. Very large exposure to the Canadian consumer and this is an area that he has the most concern about. Prefers others.

(Top Pick Mar 27/12, Up 11.89% Total Return) Still thinks it has a ways to go. Valuation advantage has been eaten up a bit. You are buying the bank with the highest ROE and one of the highest quality capital bases.

Decent bank. Along with other Canadian banks have pulled back in the last few days. If looking for dividend growers, Toronto Dominion (TD-T) is probably your “go to“ name. In financials, he would probably choose insurers in Canada rather than the banks. Dividend of 4.5%.

4.5% divided. This is the one of the 5 he does not own. Total returns over 20 years bears out that they were the lowest performer. But Canadian banks are a good place to be invested in.

Trading at 10.5X earnings and has a significant dividend yield. Expects there will be dividend increases across the board for Canadian banks. Banks are sitting with enormous excess capital and it is a Goldilocks environment for Canadian banks.

One of the higher dividend yields in the group at 4.6%. In terms of ROE, it is the most profitable in the group. You pay a slight premium to book for that but you are more than compensated for it in profitability. Potential for dividend increases is significant.

Has been positive on this bank for a while. Seem to be doing all the right things that you would be looking for. Capital structure is better than it was in the last crisis. Looks like it is ready to continue to move.

This one sticks out as really good value. Has had more robust earnings than he has seen in a couple of years. Costs are under control and they have decent US expansion. 4.5% dividend yield.

#1 safest bank of the top 100 according to Bloomberg. Has best ROE of Canadian banks. Also, highest Basil 3 capital levels. Trades at 10 X below its 2012 EPS. Yield of 4.47% and this could rise 20% in the next 2 years.