CFFN vs. WD, WAFD, BANC, PFS, 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 Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), 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 Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Walker & Dunlop received 73 more outperform votes than Capitol Federal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.59% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 3 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 0.84 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capitol Federal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.04%. Walker & Dunlop has a consensus price target of $107.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.84%. Given Walker & Dunlop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Walker & Dunlop is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.
Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Walker & Dunlop pays out 84.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of 9.55%. Walker & Dunlop's return on equity of 9.64% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats Capitol Federal Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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