TD ready for growth after compliance woes

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Note the following analysis was published just before announcement of TD’s settlement with U.S. banking regulators. Please see here for our update on the stock following that news. Note TD remains a buy. TD Bank had to cancel its deal to acquire American banking firm First Horizon Corp. for $13.4 billion in May 2023. That was partly because U.S. regulators were concerned by TD’s lapses in anti-money laundering procedures. However, the bank is making progress in settling this issue, and it is also enhancing its compliance systems to prevent further violations. More generally, declining interest rates will help spur loan demand at TD and so cut its loss provisions. TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $87 is a buy. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.75 billion; Market cap: $152.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.td.com) is Canada’s second-largest bank by market cap after Royal Bank. It’s also the sixth-largest bank in North America. In…