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Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Competitors

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$6.46 -0.20 (-3.00%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

CFFN vs. WSFS, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, and BRKL

Should you be buying Capitol Federal Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capitol Federal Financial include WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), and Brookline Bancorp (BRKL). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Capitol Federal Financial vs.

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

Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Capitol Federal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $59.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 117.2% 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 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Capitol Federal Financial received 44 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.70% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Capitol Federal FinancialOutperform Votes
247
53.70%
Underperform Votes
213
46.30%
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
203
50.50%
Underperform Votes
199
49.50%

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for WSFS Financial and 0 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat WSFS Financial's score of 1.23 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Capitol Federal Financial Very Positive
WSFS Financial Positive

WSFS Financial has a net margin of 18.78% compared to Capitol Federal Financial's net margin of 9.95%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 10.56% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capitol Federal Financial9.95% 4.69% 0.50%
WSFS Financial 18.78%10.56%1.29%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capitol Federal Financial$164.59M5.21$38.01M$0.2922.28
WSFS Financial$1.05B3.17$269.16M$4.3812.89

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CFFN vs. The Competition

MetricCapitol Federal FinancialFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$857.72M$2.78B$10.69B$9.31B
Dividend Yield5.23%3.16%10.15%4.06%
P/E Ratio22.2815.4635.2717.55
Price / Sales5.213.923,044.00139.48
Price / Cash17.3319.3930.0637.95
Price / Book0.831.032.784.92
Net Income$38.01M$358.89M$1.03B$225.78M
7 Day Performance-1.82%-0.37%-1.26%-1.47%
1 Month Performance-5.56%1.29%-0.02%5.36%
1 Year Performance-0.15%12.77%15.77%22.71%

Capitol Federal Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.1476 of 5 stars
$6.46
-3.0%
$6.75
+4.5%
-0.2%$857.72M$164.59M22.28730Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4929 of 5 stars
$59.82
+0.5%
$59.75
-0.1%
+24.3%$3.52B$1.27B13.602,229Positive News
WAFD
WaFd
4.761 of 5 stars
$36.22
+0.8%
$38.00
+4.9%
+7.7%$2.95B$1.43B14.492,208
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1006 of 5 stars
$20.79
+0.1%
$23.00
+10.6%
+11.9%$2.71B$695.65M19.961,142
BANC
Banc of California
4.3488 of 5 stars
$17.04
-0.1%
$17.80
+4.5%
+16.6%$2.71B$1.97B0.002,304Positive News
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.2549 of 5 stars
$211.05
-1.3%
$215.00
+1.9%
+16.9%$2.30B$1.42B13.75185Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
1.0826 of 5 stars
$14.46
+0.3%
$12.50
-13.6%
+13.6%$1.84B$701.74M18.972,165News Coverage
Positive News
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
2.9666 of 5 stars
$36.18
+0.8%
$34.20
-5.5%
+31.9%$1.42B$645.57M23.93820Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
3.8869 of 5 stars
$30.67
-0.3%
$28.20
-8.1%
+17.2%$1.32B$619.08M32.371,340Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
2.7454 of 5 stars
$20.21
-0.3%
$20.42
+1.0%
+10.3%$1.18B$641.60M11.58878Positive News
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
3.6788 of 5 stars
$12.71
+0.7%
$13.25
+4.2%
+10.8%$1.13B$609.22M15.201,018News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CFFN) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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