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Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceCM.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Financials›Regional Banks

One of Canada's Big Six banks, providing personal, business, wealth and capital markets banking with a US commercial/private banking arm.

≈ A Canadian bank with a US regional-bank-sized cross-border arm.Momentum strong 66
Mkt cap
$105B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$238M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.50×
price to book
ROE
15.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
20.1%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
A- / BBB
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
27 days
3 Dec 2026
Close · CADC$162.69
1D+0.4%
1W-0.2%
1M+5.2%
3M-1.8%
6M+7.8%
YTD+30.8%
1Y+38.3%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh5.9% off high

What Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce does

One of Canada's Big Six banks, providing personal, business, wealth and capital markets banking with a US commercial/private banking arm.

Earns mostly from the lending spread and fees in Canada, where mortgages are a large part of lending, with wealth management and capital markets adding fees. Its smaller US arm is built around the 2017 purchase of the Chicago bank PrivateBancorp.

In one line: A Canadian bank with a US regional-bank-sized cross-border arm..

Products and services

  • Canadian personal & business banking
  • Canadian commercial banking & wealth management
  • US commercial banking & wealth management (CIBC Bank USA)
  • Capital markets

Customers

  • Canadian retail & business customers
  • US middle-market commercial clients
  • Institutional/capital markets clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Banking
  • Retail & commercial banking

What could go right

  • Canadian mortgage/lending growth
  • US commercial banking expansion

What could go wrong

  • Canadian housing/mortgage credit risk
  • US regional-bank credit exposure

Moat: narrow (scale, regulatory licence, distribution). Protected member of Canada's Big Six banks with an entrenched national branch network.

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada · Founded: 1867 · Employees: 49,824

Named competitors

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at a glance

Size Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO) is a Canada Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $105B, the 7th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$162.69 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.8%, against +7.5% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 0.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.1%); the operating margin is 38.0% (peer median 35.0%).

Valuation It trades at 2.50× book value against a peer median of 1.24× (3rd most expensive of 20).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 20.1%; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce delivers 15.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has 32 bonds outstanding ($35.5B), rated A- by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 97 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 3 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10010511011511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 109CM.TO 108
Six months, rebased to 100: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce against the median of its 19 peers (local-currency closes).

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-10-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$62.4BC$61.6BC$63.6BC$55.1BC$31.1B
Revenue growth—-3%+15%+77%—
Net incomeC$10.1BC$8.43BC$7.12BC$5.00BC$6.22B
Free cash flowC$29.3BC$11.6BC$15.3BC$27.4BC$18.0B
Capital expenditureC$1.26BC$1.11BC$1.09BC$1.01BC$1.11B
Total debtC$178BC$167BC$196BC$165BC$154B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%-20%0%SBINICICIBANKCABK16587182601166TFCNUACA600000FITB2891BMPS1055606009190021428308CM.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%20×40×SBINICICIBANKCABK16587182601166TFCNUACA600000FITBCBK2891BMPS105560600919CM.TOReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%20%SBINICICIBANKCABK16587182601166NU600000FITBCBK2891BMPS600919002142CM.TOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is the large dot.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (CM.TO vs RY.TO vs TD.TO vs BMO.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CM.TO$105B+8%0%16%2.50×20.1%
Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO$281B+15%+5%16%2.94×18.4%
Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO$208B+18%-11%13%2.48×15.3%
Bank of Montreal BMO.TO$120B+16%-2%11%2.14×16.4%
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO$114B+21%-3%12%1.99×16.3%

How Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce against its 19 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCM.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.2%+1.5%7th highest of 20
6-month return+7.8%+7.5%10th highest of 20
Return on equity15.6%10.5%4th highest of 20
Price / book2.50×1.24×3rd most expensive of 20
Trailing P/E15.6×12.0×7th most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies20.1%8.9%4th most demanding of 20
ROE delivered15.6%10.4%4th highest of 19
Bond spread97 bp86 bp3rd widest of 7

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CM.TOCanada$105B+8%0%16%2.50×20.1%15.6%
State Bank of India SBIN.NSIndia$99.5B-7%+6%15%1.40×20.7%14.6%
ICICI Bank ICICIBANK.NSIndia$119B+23%+8%16%2.89×36.7%16.3%
CaixaBank CABK.MCSpain$91.9B+7%-2%16%2.05×13.3%16.5%
Postal Savings Bank of China 1658.HKHong Kong$71.2B+10%+2%9%0.54×5.7%8.8%
Japan Post Bank 7182.TJapan$65.5B+7%+39%7%1.11×8.3%6.6%
Industrial Bank 601166.SSChina$62.6B+10%-4%9%0.49×2.2%9.2%
Truist Financial TFCUnited States$59.2B+1%-5%8%1.06×9.6%8.2%
Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A NUUnited States$58.1B-13%+54%32%4.39×32.4%31.6%
Credit Agricole ACA.PAFrance$53.7B-8%-1%9%0.68×8.1%8.9%
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 600000.SSChina$50.1B+8%-3%6%0.40×2.0%6.1%
Fifth Third Bancorp FITBUnited States$47.9B+8%+15%9%1.55×13.6%9.4%
Commerzbank CBK.DEGermany$46.3B+4%-3%10%1.36×10.3%10.3%
Ctbc Financial 2891.TWTaiwan$43.7B+37%+9%15%2.06×8.9%14.7%
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena BMPS.MIItaly$38.4B+19%+55%16%1.30×13.9%15.5%
KBFinancialGroup 105560.KSSouth Korea$37.5B-5%+32%10%0.99×5.6%n/a
Bank of Jiangsu 600919.SSChina$35.1B+13%+5%13%0.83×2.9%12.8%
Bank of Ningbo 002142.SZChina$34.0B+3%+3%13%0.92×7.0%13.3%
M&T Bank MTBUnited States$31.4B+3%0%11%1.24×9.3%10.6%
Resona 8308.TJapan$30.8B+9%+17%9%1.57×8.7%9.3%

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bonds and credit

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has 32 bonds outstanding with $35.5B face value. The agencies rate it A-; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 3.98%, a spread of 97 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's main competitors?
Named competitors: Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO), Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes State Bank of India (SBIN.NS), ICICI Bank (ICICIBANK.NS), CaixaBank (CABK.MC), Postal Savings Bank of China (1658.HK), Japan Post Bank (7182.T), Industrial Bank (601166.SS).
Is Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.50× against a peer median of 1.24×, 3rd most expensive of 20 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 20.1%; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce delivers 15.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +7.8% against +7.5% for the median peer; over one year +38.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.