Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM) Competitors

Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RDN or DCOM?

Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dime Community Bancshares. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, 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
Radian Group	$1.24B	3.96	$603.12M	$3.86	8.54
Dime Community Bancshares	$645.57M	1.94	$96.09M	$1.50	21.31

Which has more risk & volatility, RDN or DCOM?

Radian Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RDN or DCOM more profitable?

Radian Group has a net margin of 45.96% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 9.65%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.81% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radian Group	45.96%	13.81%	7.80%
Dime Community Bancshares	9.65%	5.58%	0.46%

Does the media prefer RDN or DCOM?

In the previous week, Radian Group had 2 more articles in the media than Dime Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Radian Group and 4 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of -0.25 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radian Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RDN or DCOM a better dividend stock?

Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Radian Group pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 66.7% 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.

Do analysts prefer RDN or DCOM?

Radian Group currently has a consensus price target of $36.30, indicating a potential upside of 10.11%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Radian Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Radian Group is more favorable than Dime Community Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radian Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RDN or DCOM?

Radian Group received 254 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 49.55% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Radian Group	Outperform Votes 473 65.06%	Underperform Votes 254 34.94%
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 219 49.55%	Underperform Votes 223 50.45%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RDN or DCOM?

95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Radian Group beats Dime Community Bancshares on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.