TFSL vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, BANC, PFS, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying TFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TFS Financial include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
TFS Financial vs.
TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to TFS Financial's net margin of 10.58%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
TFS Financial has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
9.8% of TFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of TFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
TFS Financial presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.60%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Given TFS Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
MGIC Investment received 185 more outperform votes than TFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.34% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 10 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for MGIC Investment and 9 mentions for TFS Financial. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat TFS Financial's score of 0.73 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats TFS Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TFSL) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
