DCOM vs. RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, BANC, PFS, WAFD, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Dime Community Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dime Community Bancshares include Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), WaFd (WAFD), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Dime Community Bancshares vs.
Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Radian Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus target price of $36.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.99%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Radian Group.
Radian Group received 252 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 49.77% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 1 more articles in the media than Dime Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Radian Group and 5 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 1.24 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Radian Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Radian Group has a net margin of 46.85% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 4.50%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.96% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.
95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Radian Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 3.3%. Radian Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 169.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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.
Summary
Radian Group beats Dime Community Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DCOM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
