Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate DCOM or RDN?

Dime Community Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.02%. Radian Group has a consensus price target of $36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Radian Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Radian Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is DCOM or RDN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dime Community Bancshares	4.50%	5.43%	0.46%
Radian Group	46.85%	13.96%	7.72%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DCOM or RDN?

75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Radian Group shares are held by company 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DCOM or RDN?

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
Dime Community Bancshares	$314.10M	3.96	$29.08M	$0.59	48.33
Radian Group	$1.29B	3.69	$604.44M	$3.93	8.34

Does the media favor DCOM or RDN?

In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 5 mentions for Radian Group. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 1.38 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dime Community Bancshares	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Radian Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DCOM or RDN?

Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DCOM or RDN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 221 49.77%	Underperform Votes 223 50.23%
Radian Group	Outperform Votes 473 64.97%	Underperform Votes 255 35.03%

Is DCOM or RDN a better dividend stock?

Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Radian Group beats Dime Community Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.