NWBI vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, BANC, PFS, WAFD, and AGM
Should you be buying Northwest Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northwest Bancshares include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), WaFd (WAFD), and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Northwest Bancshares vs.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 13.26%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.56%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 7 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MGIC Investment and 0 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Bancshares pays out 101.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares 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.
MGIC Investment received 210 more outperform votes than Northwest Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Bancshares. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Northwest Bancshares on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NWBI) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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