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Pathward Financial (CASH) Competitors

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$79.52 +0.55 (+0.70%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CASH vs. FBC, CLBK, PFS, OCFC, BRKL, CADE, OMF, UPST, COOP, and PFSI

Should you be buying Pathward Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pathward Financial include Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Provident Financial Services (PFS), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Cadence Bank (CADE), OneMain (OMF), Upstart (UPST), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), and PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Pathward Financial vs.

Flagstar Bancorp (NYSE:FBC) and Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Flagstar Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pathward Financial and 1 mentions for Flagstar Bancorp. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Flagstar Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Flagstar Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pathward Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Flagstar Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pathward Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Flagstar Bancorp pays out 4.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pathward Financial pays out 3.0% 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.

Flagstar Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Pathward Financial. Flagstar Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pathward Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flagstar Bancorp$1.85B1.08$533M$5.067.42
Pathward Financial$775.94M2.56$168.36M$6.6311.99

Flagstar Bancorp has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pathward Financial has a net margin of 21.65% compared to Flagstar Bancorp's net margin of 18.78%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 21.86% beat Flagstar Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flagstar Bancorp18.78% 10.52% 1.14%
Pathward Financial 21.65%21.86%2.21%

Pathward Financial has a consensus price target of $74.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.31%. Given Pathward Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Flagstar Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flagstar Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Pathward Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

90.3% of Flagstar Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Flagstar Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Flagstar Bancorp received 88 more outperform votes than Pathward Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote while only 57.30% of users gave Flagstar Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Flagstar BancorpOutperform Votes
420
57.30%
Underperform Votes
313
42.70%
Pathward FinancialOutperform Votes
332
63.97%
Underperform Votes
187
36.03%

Summary

Pathward Financial beats Flagstar Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CASH vs. The Competition

MetricPathward FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.97B$22.46B$10.42B$8.89B
Dividend Yield0.25%3.15%10.14%4.06%
P/E Ratio11.9927.7345.8613.30
Price / Sales2.562.353,479.1581.01
Price / Cash11.5410.9230.6936.03
Price / Book2.371.253.775.74
Net Income$168.36M$2.24B$1.02B$225.93M
7 Day Performance-0.67%-0.79%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance9.22%7.88%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance60.03%33.52%24.11%26.23%

Pathward Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CASH
Pathward Financial
2.7936 of 5 stars
$79.52
+0.7%
$74.50
-6.3%
+58.8%$1.97B$775.94M11.991,199Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FBC
Flagstar Bancorp
N/A$37.54
flat
N/A+0.0%$2.00B$1.85B7.425,395Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.6595 of 5 stars
$17.95
-0.7%
$17.00
-5.3%
+1.8%$1.89B$422.36M119.67750
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.4105 of 5 stars
$20.70
-1.1%
$23.00
+11.1%
+32.4%$2.73B$695.65M19.901,142Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.3274 of 5 stars
$19.98
-0.7%
$19.75
-1.2%
+41.3%$1.18B$641.60M11.42878Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.0766 of 5 stars
$12.03
-0.5%
$11.50
-4.4%
+25.7%$1.07B$609.22M14.491,018Positive News
CADE
Cadence Bank
3.5865 of 5 stars
$37.11
-0.6%
$35.29
-4.9%
+48.3%$6.76B$2.19B10.665,333News Coverage
Positive News
OMF
OneMain
4.9244 of 5 stars
$54.95
+0.8%
$55.46
+0.9%
+42.6%$6.51B$4.56B12.029,100
UPST
Upstart
3.6578 of 5 stars
$70.40
-1.0%
$46.83
-33.5%
+170.9%$6.49B$513.56M-36.481,388Insider Trade
COOP
Mr. Cooper Group
4.1334 of 5 stars
$97.09
-0.9%
$98.00
+0.9%
+63.1%$6.27B$1.79B12.546,800
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.6656 of 5 stars
$102.72
-2.1%
$115.86
+12.8%
+31.3%$5.38B$1.40B32.613,900Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:CASH) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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