WSFS vs. BANF, CSFL, FULT, SFNC, MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WD, and NYCB
Should you be buying WSFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSFS Financial include BancFirst (BANF), Centerstate Bank (CSFL), Fulton Financial (FULT), Simmons First National (SFNC), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), and New York Community Bancorp (NYCB).
WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. WSFS Financial pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BancFirst. WSFS Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WSFS Financial presently has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.67%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $85.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.
In the previous week, BancFirst had 5 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BancFirst and 3 mentions for WSFS Financial. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of BancFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BancFirst received 19 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.32% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 50.76% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.
BancFirst has a net margin of 24.65% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 20.73%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.62% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.
Summary
BancFirst beats WSFS Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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