PFS vs. SMPL, TFSL, WD, NYCB, WSFS, WAFD, BANC, AGM, NWBI, and BHLB Should you be buying Provident Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial Services include Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL ) and Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Provident Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 2 mentions for Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 0.48 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Provident Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Provident Financial Services has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Provident Financial Services' net margin of 11.12%. Provident Financial Services' return on equity of 10.12% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.
Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $40.29, suggesting a potential upside of 4.67%. Provident Financial Services has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.94%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Provident Financial Services is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.
Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Simply Good Foods received 13 more outperform votes than Provident Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote.
Summary Simply Good Foods beats Provident Financial Services on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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