Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NWBI or RDN?

Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Bancshares. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest 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
Northwest Bancshares	$520.47M	2.75	$100.28M	$0.79	14.20
Radian Group	$1.29B	3.55	$604.44M	$3.93	8.24

Does the media prefer NWBI or RDN?

In the previous week, Radian Group had 8 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Radian Group and 2 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.43 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northwest Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Radian Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NWBI or RDN?

Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. Radian Group has a consensus price target of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.73%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Radian Group is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northwest Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Radian Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more risk and volatility, NWBI or RDN?

Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWBI or RDN?

Radian Group received 200 more outperform votes than Northwest Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northwest Bancshares	Outperform Votes 274 57.20%	Underperform Votes 205 42.80%
Radian Group	Outperform Votes 474 65.02%	Underperform Votes 255 34.98%

Is NWBI or RDN more profitable?

Radian Group has a net margin of 46.85% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 13.26%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.96% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northwest Bancshares	13.26%	8.44%	0.92%
Radian Group	46.85%	13.96%	7.72%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NWBI or RDN?

66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NWBI or RDN a better dividend stock?

Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Radian Group pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Radian Group beats Northwest Bancshares on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.