Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Competitors

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CFFN or WSFS?

88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CFFN or WSFS?

Capitol Federal Financial received 43 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capitol Federal Financial	Outperform Votes 247 53.58%	Underperform Votes 214 46.42%
WSFS Financial	Outperform Votes 204 50.50%	Underperform Votes 200 49.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, CFFN or WSFS?

Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CFFN or WSFS?

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WSFS Financial and 5 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capitol Federal Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
WSFS Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CFFN or WSFS?

Capitol Federal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $64.75, indicating a potential upside of 37.01%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capitol Federal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
WSFS Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is CFFN or WSFS a better dividend stock?

Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WSFS Financial pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is CFFN or WSFS more profitable?

WSFS Financial has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Capitol Federal Financial's net margin of 12.67%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 10.30% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capitol Federal Financial	12.67%	4.96%	0.53%
WSFS Financial	18.77%	10.30%	1.26%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CFFN or WSFS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capitol Federal Financial	$180.76M	3.82	$38.01M	$0.39	13.33
WSFS Financial	$1.04B	2.63	$263.67M	$4.42	10.69

Summary

WSFS Financial beats Capitol Federal Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.