WSFS Financial (WSFS) Competitors

WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WSFS or MTG?

88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, WSFS or MTG?

WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WSFS or MTG?

WSFS Financial presently has a consensus target price of $64.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.50%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.61%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WSFS Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the media refer more to WSFS or MTG?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MGIC Investment and 2 mentions for WSFS Financial. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.88 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WSFS Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGIC Investment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WSFS or MTG more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 18.77%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WSFS Financial	18.77%	10.30%	1.26%
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WSFS or MTG?

MGIC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WSFS Financial. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSFS Financial, 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
WSFS Financial	$1.40B	2.29	$263.67M	$4.42	12.36
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	5.03	$762.99M	$2.90	8.26

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WSFS or MTG?

MGIC Investment received 280 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WSFS Financial	Outperform Votes 204 50.50%	Underperform Votes 200 49.50%
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.39%	Underperform Votes 245 33.61%

Is WSFS or MTG a better dividend stock?

WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. WSFS Financial pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% 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.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats WSFS Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.