WSFS Financial (WSFS) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTG or WSFS?

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MTG or WSFS?

MGIC Investment has higher revenue and 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
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	4.88	$762.99M	$2.90	8.38
WSFS Financial	$1.04B	2.97	$263.67M	$4.42	12.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTG or WSFS?

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

Does the media prefer MTG or WSFS?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 3 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGIC Investment and 5 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.13 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WSFS Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MTG or WSFS a better dividend stock?

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial pays out 13.6% 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.

Is MTG or WSFS 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
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%
WSFS Financial	18.77%	10.30%	1.26%

Do analysts rate MTG or WSFS?

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $64.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.10%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
WSFS Financial	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, MTG or WSFS?

MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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