WSFS vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WD, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying WSFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSFS Financial include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
WSFS Financial vs.
WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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 2.1%. WSFS Financial pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% 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.
MGIC Investment received 281 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.
88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
WSFS Financial presently has a consensus price target of $59.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.40%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $25.86, suggesting a potential upside of 5.64%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 2 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WSFS Financial and 1 mentions for MGIC Investment. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat MGIC Investment's score of -0.17 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 18.78%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats WSFS Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WSFS) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
