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TD BANK, $85.82, is a buy for patient, income-seeking investors. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $148.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.td.com) recently settled charges over lapses in the anti-money laundering processes at its U.S. retail banking operations. As a result, it paid a fine of $3.09 billion U.S. The settlement also imposed an asset cap on TD’s U.S. retail banking operations. That will prevent TD from opening new branches, making acquisitions or expanding its loan portfolios without the permission of regulators. In response, the bank now plans to reduce its U.S. assets by about 10%. Under that plan, it will close 38 branches across 10 states and Washington, D.C. It will still have over 1,000 locations in the U.S., mainly in the Northeast and on the Atlantic Seaboard. The stock has gained 12% since the start of 2025 and now trades at 11.0 times the $7.78 a share that TD will probably earn in the…