Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Premier Financial (FDEF) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsHeadlinesTrends FDEF vs. SMPL, TFSL, WD, WSFS, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, NWBI, and DCOMShould you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry. Premier Financial vs. Simply Good Foods TFS Financial Walker & Dunlop WSFS Financial WaFd Provident Financial Services Banc of California Federal Agricultural Mortgage Northwest Bancshares Dime Community Bancshares Premier Financial (NASDAQ:FDEF) and Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk. Do analysts recommend FDEF or SMPL? Simply Good Foods has a consensus price target of $40.22, indicating a potential upside of 4.88%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than Premier Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Premier Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Simply Good Foods 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FDEF or SMPL? 64.9% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Premier Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company 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. Is FDEF or SMPL more profitable? Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 10.46% compared to Premier Financial's net margin of 7.34%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.23% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Premier Financial7.34% 8.19% 1.07% Simply Good Foods 10.46%10.23%7.68% Which has more risk & volatility, FDEF or SMPL? Premier Financial has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is FDEF or SMPL a better dividend stock? Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Premier Financial pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simply Good Foods pays out 26.1% 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. Which has higher valuation and earnings, FDEF or SMPL? Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Financial. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPremier Financial$186.04M5.31$49.37M$2.5310.36Simply Good Foods$1.33B2.91$139.31M$1.3827.79 Does the media favor FDEF or SMPL? In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Premier Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 0 mentions for Premier Financial. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Premier Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Premier Financial Neutral Simply Good Foods Very Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FDEF or SMPL? Simply Good Foods received 131 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.07% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPremier FinancialOutperform Votes17651.46% Underperform Votes16648.54% Simply Good FoodsOutperform Votes30768.07% Underperform Votes14431.93% SummarySimply Good Foods beats Premier Financial on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FDEF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPremier FinancialFederal Savings Institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$987.23M$2.74B$11.33B$9.08BDividend Yield4.86%3.21%5.65%4.23%P/E Ratio22.0315.2925.7917.19Price / Sales5.313.9328.25117.05Price / Cash6.1419.3918.4737.85Price / Book1.211.002.624.78Net Income$49.37M$358.89M$1.04B$225.60M Premier Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FDEFPremier FinancialN/A$26.21+1.8%N/A+11.3%$987.23M$186.04M22.03696High Trading VolumeSMPLSimply Good Foods2.2216 of 5 stars$39.63+1.2%$40.22+1.5%-1.5%$3.97B$1.33B28.68260Positive NewsTFSLTFS Financial3.7934 of 5 stars$13.55-0.7%$14.50+7.0%-14.0%$3.80B$758.78M50.521,000WDWalker & Dunlop1.7952 of 5 stars$107.76-0.9%$111.00+3.0%-8.1%$3.64B$1.05B38.501,326News CoveragePositive NewsWSFSWSFS Financial3.8026 of 5 stars$59.82+0.5%$59.75-0.1%+14.6%$3.52B$1.27B13.602,229Analyst RevisionWAFDWaFd4.848 of 5 stars$36.22+0.8%$38.00+4.9%+1.1%$2.95B$1.43B14.492,208Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePFSProvident Financial Services4.042 of 5 stars$20.79+0.1%$23.00+10.6%+4.8%$2.71B$695.65M19.961,142BANCBanc of California4.6761 of 5 stars$17.06flat$17.80+4.3%+14.8%$2.71B$1.97B0.002,304Analyst RevisionAGMFederal Agricultural Mortgage4.2134 of 5 stars$211.05-1.3%$215.00+1.9%+5.9%$2.30B$1.42B13.75185Positive NewsNWBINorthwest Bancshares1.0716 of 5 stars$14.46+0.3%$12.50-13.6%+6.3%$1.84B$701.74M18.972,165DCOMDime Community Bancshares3.0185 of 5 stars$36.18+0.8%$34.20-5.5%+18.7%$1.42B$645.57M23.93820Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionNews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Simply Good Foods Competitors TFS Financial Competitors Walker & Dunlop Competitors WSFS Financial Competitors WaFd Competitors Provident Financial Services Competitors Banc of California Competitors Federal Agricultural Mortgage Competitors Northwest Bancshares Competitors Dime Community Bancshares Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:FDEF) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Crypto Is Set to Explode in DecemberIt's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. 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