TFSL vs. PFS, AX, EBC, BKU, CLBK, PIPR, IBOC, AB, VIRT, and APAM
Should you be buying TFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TFS Financial include Provident Financial Services (PFS), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), BankUnited (BKU), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), International Bancshares (IBOC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) and TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Provident Financial Services had 4 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Provident Financial Services and 1 mentions for TFS Financial. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Provident Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Provident Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of TFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TFS Financial received 10 more outperform votes than Provident Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote.
Provident Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. Provident Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.43%. TFS Financial has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. Given TFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Provident Financial Services is more favorable than TFS Financial.
Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFS Financial has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Financial Services has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Provident Financial Services' net margin of 11.08%. TFS Financial's return on equity of 7.31% beat Provident Financial Services' return on equity.
Provident Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Provident Financial Services pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFS Financial pays out 418.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Provident Financial Services beats TFS Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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