FDEF vs. TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, BANC, PFS, WAFD, AGM, NWBI, and BHLB
Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include 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), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Premier Financial vs.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:FDEF) and TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
TFS Financial has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Premier Financial's net margin of 7.34%. Premier Financial's return on equity of 8.19% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
TFS Financial received 123 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Premier Financial pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFS Financial pays out 403.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
TFS Financial has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.86%. Given TFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TFS Financial is more favorable than Premier Financial.
In the previous week, TFS Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Premier Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TFS Financial and 0 mentions for Premier Financial. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Premier Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that TFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Financial. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.9% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of TFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Premier Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of TFS Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFS Financial has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TFS Financial beats Premier Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FDEF) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
